Sushil Modi hits out at Bihar CM over law and order situation

On Kumar's claims of peaceful situation prevailing in Bihar under his rule, he said why only 4,513 people accused of various crimes were convicted in 2015 against 14,511 convictions in 2010

Senior BJP leader Sushil Kumar Modi on Sunday hit out at Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar over his comment that rule of law "prevailed in the state under the secular alliance government" asking if it was so then why did he hold five review meetings on the issue.

"Why has the Chief Minister presided over five review meetings to take stock of the law and order situation since assuming office three months ago," he asked.

"If the rule of law prevails in Bihar then what happened to the speedy trial of JD(U) MLA Sarfaraz Alam who was booked for harassing a couple in a train last month," Modi said.

The government's promise of action against JD(U) MLA Bima Bharti and MP Santosh Kushwaha for forcibly freeing Bharti's husband Awadesh Mandal from a police station as well as RJD MLA Raj Ballabh Yadav who is absconding for over three weeks after allegedly raping a minor is yet to be fulfilled, he said.

Similarly, no headway has been made in the murder of two engineers in Darbhanga district and the killing of BJP state vice-president Visheshwar Ojha and LJP leader Brijnathi Singh, he alleged in a statement.

On Kumar's claims of peaceful situation prevailing in Bihar under his rule, the senior BJP leader said if it was so then why only 4,513 people accused of various crimes were convicted in 2015 against 14,511 convictions in 2010.

"The Chief Minister conveniently quotes from crime figures of other states to defend law and order situation in Bihar, but he forgets that various crime figures in the state, particularly congnizable offenses have touched the numbers of the time under RJD rule, Modi claimed.