Mahagathbandhan CM candidate and RJD leader Tejashwi Yadav on Sunday condemned the prevailing law-and-order situation in Bihar, terming it a ‘maha jungle raj’, after the arrest of JDU leader Anant Singh in connection with the murder of Jan Suraaj Party worker Dularchand Yadav in Mokama last week.
Yadav said that given the nature of the crime, Singh’s arrest was inevitable.
“Prime Minister Narendra Modi is visiting Bihar today. Yet, in Rohtas district, a father and his son were killed. Bihar is under a ‘maha jungle raj’. There is hardly a day without firing incidents here, but the Prime Minister seems unaware,” the Mahagathbandhan CM candidate said.
Expressing confidence that Mahagathbandhan will form a government in Bihar, Yadav said, “Once the Mahagathbandhan forms the government, between 26th November and 26th January, criminals will be arrested, and strict action will be taken against them.”
He also criticized Prime Minister Modi’s election campaign in Bihar, saying that while factories are being set up in Gujarat, the NDA is thinking of victory in Bihar.
“NDA has promised one crore jobs in their manifesto but it has been 11 years since the BJP-led NDA is in power at the centre and yet not a single job has been given. Their ‘jumla’ (gimmick) is not going to work,” he added.
The remarks came after the Bihar Police arrested Anant Singh, the NDA candidate from Mokama, for the October 30 murder of Dularchand Yadav, a supporter of Jan Suraaj Party candidate Piyush Priyadarshi.
The incident occurred near Khushhal Chak in Mokama, when Priyadarshi, also known as Lallu Mukhiya, was campaigning. A convoy of Anant Singh was passing through the area at the same time, leading to a violent altercation between supporters of the two rival camps.
During the chaos, Yadav, a former RJD leader, was shot and succumbed to his injuries on the way to the hospital, where doctors declared him brought dead.