A day after his house was attacked by protesters, Bihar BJP chief Sanjay Jaiswal What he called the “administration” for allegedly giving the rioters a free hand and warned, “If it is not stopped, it will do no good to anyone”. He said that Bihar’s “Sushasan” (reference to ‘Sushasan Babu’, nicknamed CM Nitish Kumar The JD-U earning for law and order reform in Bihar) model and the administration’s counter-reaction were not visible during the protests.
“Everyone has a right to protest, there is nothing wrong with that, we all have different views. But giving the protesters a free hand, the administration is doing nothing to stop the attack on the property of a leader, it is not right.” and seven other BJP leaders, including two deputy chief ministers, Tarakeswar Prasad and renu devi,
“We are part of the state government’s coalition, but nothing like this has happened anywhere in the country, it is happening only in Bihar. As a leader of BJP, I condemn this incident and if it is not stopped, So it won’t be nice to anyone,” the Bihar BJP chief told reporters hours before it decided to curb the movement of trains in the state, which believed in the Bihar government’s ability and willingness to stop the attacks. Another sign of shortage was seen as trains and railway stations.
Jaiswal did not name anyone, but his attack on the “administration” was widely seen as aimed at Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar, who holds the charge of the home department and has direct control over the police.
Nitish’s ally, JD(U) national chief Rajiv Ranjan Lalan Singh, had some doubts as to who Jaiswal’s target was, and criticized the Centre, saying Jaiswal was “not stable”. “Instead of clearing doubts Agnipath The scheme is blaming the BJP administration. Nitish Kumar is capable of handling the administration. Lessons are not needed from BJP’s Sanjay Jaiswal. Why is BJP not doing anything against violence in states? This kind of reaction shows that he is not stable,” Singh said.
Bihar has seen the worst violence that has been seen targeting trains and other railway properties across the state, ruled by the BJP and others, with police missing in action, unlike sporadic incidents in other states. Referring to the inaction of the state authorities to prevent the attack on his house in Bihar’s Bettiah town, Jaiswal told reporters on Saturday, “When we called the fire brigade, they said that the fire trucks will come only when the local administration is there. The authorities will allow it.” on Friday.
The Bettiah MP also referred to the attack on the BJP office in Madhepura. “In the presence of a 300-strong police force, who chose the spectators,” he said.
The Bihar unit of the BJP and the JD(U) have often been at loggerheads, with the former’s central leadership often intervening to stop its office bearers in Patna. However, in this instance, BJP leaders in Delhi are also concerned about the turn of events and Nitish’s silence in the face of widespread chaos and targeting of government properties. “It is very clear and JD(U)’s demand for immediate withdrawal of Agneepath can be seen as an impetus to the rioters. Leave aside senior figures of your alliance partner, your own deputy CM’s house has been targeted. And it is not. Word of condemnation,” said a senior member of Lok Sabha from Bihar.
Nitish, who blames the BJP for his decline in state politics after the 2020 elections, where it has slipped away from the BJP and the RJD, to third place, has been at loggerheads with the BJP over several issues recently. At the same time, he has come closer from friend to enemy than from friend to enemy. Nevertheless, the two sides settled for an uneasy balance before collapsing on Agneepath.