Rally offensive on Centre

Motihari (PTI): Slamming the UPA government at the Centre for rampant corruption and misrule during its second term, BJP on Wednesday said the ruling coalition has no moral right to remain in power as it has lost people’s faith.

“The UPA government at the Centre has been riddled with corruption charges and failed to provide good governance in the country as a result of which, it has forfeited the moral right to remain in power any longer,” BJP national general secretary Dharmendra Pradhan said “Jan Aakrosh Rally” in East Champaran district. Accusing the UPA government for prolonging its stint in power by misusing the CBI, he said it has been reduced to a minority after the withdrawal of support by TMC and DMK and is surviving on outside support from SP, RJD and BSP.

“It is no secret that these allies are supporting the UPA from outside out of fear that the Centre may use CBI to nail them in corruption cases,” he said.

Chargesheet on officer

Patna: The Vigilance Investigation Bureau on Wednesday filed a chargesheet against former Sheikhpura block co-operative extension officer Subhash Chandra Bose in the special vigilance court in connection with a bribery case. The bureau caught him while he was accepting Rs 6,750 as bribe money from one Ranjeet Kumar on April 11, 2013.

Cong camps

Patna: Youth Congress would organise training camps for its workers from June 6 to June 11. Party state unit youth wing vice president Kumar Ashish in a press statement on Wednesday said that training programmes would be organised in different parliamentary constituencies including Katihar, Kishanganj, Araria and Bhagalpur.

Explosion

Nawada (PTI): Three children were injured when a bomb, concealed in a steel box they were playing with, exploded on the road near the residence of former BJP district chief Vijay Kumar Sinha on Wednesday. Two of them, seriously injured, were referred to Patna Medical College and Hospital, and the other one was admitted to Sadar hospital.

Lightning death

Madhepura (PTI): A couple — Hare Krishna Pandit and his wife Anokhi Devi — was killed after being hit by lightning at Balwa village taking the death toll to 17 in Bihar, an official said on Wednesday. Fifteen other persons were killed after they were struck by lightning in separate incidents in Aurangabad, Rohtas, Nawada and Sheikhpura districts on Tuesday.

Food review

Patna: Food and consumer protection department minister Shyam Rajak on Wednesday instructed officials of the department to seek reports from the field every month about the distribution of food grains from godowns and their delivery to people through public distribution shops. The minister gave this instruction while holding a review meeting of the department. An official press note said that the purpose of this instruction is to ensure timely delivery of food grains to deserving people.