Patna (Bihar) [India], July 7 : Rashtriya Janata Dal leader Tejashwi Yadav on Monday slammed Bihar CM Nitish Kumar over the rising crime in the state and stated that he has sold his "morality".
The Bihar LoP said that the criminals have "bought" Nitish Kumar's "morality" due to which the crime is rising in the state. Stating that there is "demon" rule in Bihar, the RJD leader said that CM is "silent" over the issue.
"Nitish Kumar has sold his morality and criminals have bought that and hence crime is rising in the state, but the CM hasn't spoken a word about it. A CM dear to PM Modi, Amit Shah and Chirag Paswan is silent. There is a 'demon rule' in Bihar", he said.
Tejashwi Yadav said that he has never seen such an "inactive" government in Bihar and mentioned that it is very "unfortunate" that whenever the BJP or Nitish Kumar come to power criminals are released from jails in the state.
"No action is being taken against the lawlessness, the murders and the crimes that are happening in the state... It's unfortunate that whenever the BJP and CM Nitish Kumar come to power, criminals are released from the jails... We don't need such an inactive government in the state", Tejashwi Yadav said.
The RJD leader also targeted Union Minister Chirag Paswan and said that he has no "ideology". Taking a dig at the NDA alliance, Yadav stated that they are "actors" who "act'.
The Bihar assembly LoP asserted that despite being a three-time MP and a Union Minister, Chirag Paswan has not done anything other than saying "absurd" things.
"Chirag Paswan has no ideology. All who are there are actors who act. As a three-time MP and a Union Minister, he hadn't worked except saying absurd things", Tejashwi Yadav told reporters.
Tejashwi Yadav announced to organise a "chakka jam" (road blockade" along with Congress MP Rahul Gandhi on July 9, opposing the Election Commisison of India's decision to conduct electoral revision in Bihar.
"On July 9, I, along with Rahul Gandhi, will do a 'chakka jaam' (road blockade). The way voting rights of the people of Bihar are being snatched, their other rights will be taken away soon, and hence we will protest against this", he said.
Earlier today, while addressing a press conference, Tejashwi Yadav continued to raise "deep" concerns over the Special Intensive Revision (SIR), which is being carried out in poll-bound Bihar.
The RJD leader Tejashwi Yadav on Monday claimed that those who do not have any of the 11 documents asked for verification, their names will be "removed" from the electoral roll list.
The Bihar Leader of Opposition (LoP) said that the opposition had met the Election Commission on July 5 to raise their concerns; however, they still haven't received any answers from the poll panel.
"On July 5, we met the Election Commission of India and posed our questions before it. The worry is that we have no clarity from the EC so far. You all know that Bihar EC works only as a post office and has no authority to provide an answer. Why are they not answering the questions of the opposition and the people of Bihar... People of Bihar don't have the 11 documents which EC has asked for; rather, they have an Aadhar card, MGNREGA card, and ration card. This is the only document which the poor people of Bihar have. It is clear that the people who do not have these 11 documents, their names will be removed," Yadav said.
Since the announcement of the SIR of electoral rolls, the opposition parties have raised their concerns.
Petitions challenging the Election Commission of India's (ECI) move to conduct a Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls in poll-bound Bihar were filed in the Supreme Court, to which the top court has agreed to hear on July 10.
The petitions were filed by Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) MP Manoj Jha, the Association for Democratic Reforms (ADR), activist Yogendra Yadav, Trinamool MP Mahua Moitra, and former Bihar MLA Mujahid Alam.
The petitions sought a direction to quash the ECI's June 24 directive, which requires large sections of voters in Bihar to submit proof of citizenship to remain on the electoral rolls.