Patna: Leader of Oppostion Tejashwi Prasad Yadav on Sunday alleged that there is rampant corruption in the chief minister's secretariat.
He also declared that chief minister Nitish Kumar has made Bihar a "hub of mob lynching".
"Three persons were lynched in Begusarai, a Dalit woman was killed in Rohtas, another woman was paraded naked in Ara and police officers were killed in Hajipur and Jehanabad. The chief minister has made Bihar a hub of mob lynching. What should I tell a CM who does not have any shame? There is total chaos in Bihar with cases of rape, murder, kidnapping and lynching. Law and order has completely collapsed and there is rampant corruption from block office to the CM secretariat," Tejashwi said.
Data presented by additional director-general (police headquarters) S.K. Singhal revealed that the number of cognisable offences has risen from 20,096 in August 2017 to tentatively 21,709 in August - an increase of over 8 per cent. Going by crimes in the last four-five months, the records are, however, hard to believe.
Sources in the police headquarters said it is because many cases are not being registered in the police stations.
Tejashwi said: "The common man cannot even enter government offices without paying RCP tax (referring to JDU Rajya Sabha MP RCP Singh). Why is Nitish ji so helpless despite travelling on double engine (NDA governments at Centre and state) bullet train? How can a person become so helpless after cheating the mandate of Bihar's 11 crore people and giving power to the BJP?"
The JDU countered Tejashwi's allegations, saying Bihar suffered chaos in the 15 years of Lalu Prasad.
"Tejashwi must ask his father what is the meaning of chaos that existed in his (Lalu) 15 years of rule. Bihar was cursed, as rape, murder and kidnapping had become a business for Lalu's family. If the RJD family is the messenger of social justice, why are so many corruption cases lodged against every family member? People still gets goose bumps thinking of Lalu's regime," said chief JDU spokesperson Sanjay Singh.
