Bhagwan Singh Kushwaha, cabinet minister in the Samrat Chaudhary government of Bihar, has said on the murders happening in Bihar, the state is big, such crimes keep happening, what can be done. He also advised the journalists on Saturday that journalists are the fourth pillar of democracy, they themselves should find out why this is happening. Now Samrat Chaudhary government is being criticized for his statement. The opposition says that when the condition of ministers is like this in the Bharatiya Janata Party government, then what will be the condition of the common man.
Many murders have taken place in Bihar in the last few days. Shantanu Kumar, an 18-year-old student who had gone to see the Durga Puja fair in Pawana market on Friday night, was shot by bike-riding assailants. Two days before this, on Thursday morning, 70 year old Ramkumar Singh was shot dead in Arrah. He was the state president of Kshatriya Welfare Organization.
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'Bihar is such a big state, murders keep happening'
Bhagwan Singh Kushwaha, Minister, Government of Bihar:-
There will be murder. What will you do? The government is not finished. Murders keep happening, Bihar is so big, have you found out why it has happened, will you ask empty questions or find a solution?When journalists asked the minister questions on the Bihar murder case, he said that murder will definitely happen, what can we do, Bihar is such a big state. He also asked why the journalists were asking him and said find out yourself, you are the fourth pillar of democracy.
This statement has come at a time when opposition parties are repeatedly questioning the state government on incidents of crime. The minister assured the family of action, but his words are being criticized publicly.
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Will people forget Anant Singh's statement?
There has been an uproar in Bihar over a statement by Janata Dal United MLA Anant Kumar Singh. Mokama MLA Anant Singh, while talking to a media agency on Friday, mentioned his old relations with Nitish Kumar. Anant Singh was angry over making Neeraj Kumar the Legislative Council candidate and said that who has made more sacrifices for the party and Nitish Kumar than him.
Anant Singh had said that to help Nitish Kumar, he got 9 people killed. When there was an uproar over this, Anant Singh gave his clarification. He said that his statement has been misinterpreted. He said that he was talking about the murder of his nine colleagues, which happened after Nitish Kumar came to power.
He told that Nitish Kumar had talked to Lalu Prasad Yadav to get his brother a ticket for the assembly elections. This is about the time when both the leaders were together. According to Anant Singh, even after the two leaders parted ways, he stood by Nitish Kumar. He also claimed that after coming with Nitish Kumar, he was fired upon and nine of his companions were killed.