Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) leader Tejashwi Yadav on Saturday questioned Union Minister Chirag Paswan's alliance with Janata Dal-United (JD-U) after the latter expressed his disappointment with being a part of a regime that has failed to control law and order in Bihar.
Speaking to reporters in Patna, the former Bihar deputy Chief Minister said Chirag - who has been a loyalist of Prime Minister Narendra Modi - questioning the incumbent Chief Minister Nitish Kumar shows that he has also become weak, and he can only express his regret despite being a part of the ruling alliance in the state.
"(In Bihar) crime has increased so much that criminals have become 'Vijay' and 'Samrat'... Chirag Paswan is also a part of the government," Tejashwi was quoted as saying by news agency ANI. "If he can see that crime has increased so much in Bihar, then why is he still in that alliance? Because he loves the chair... You (Chirag Paswan) are a Union Minister and have become so weak that you can only express regret? No one is safe anywhere now."
Earlier in the day, Chirag had questioned the Nitish Kumar government in Bihar over the deteriorating law and order situation in the state. Expressing his regret over being part of such a government that has failed 'miserably', the Lok Janshakti Party (LJP) supremo said it appears that the police have "surrendered before criminals".
Calling the situation scary, the Hajipur MP said, "I regret (afsos hota hai) having to support a government which is unable to prevent such crimes. We should think of the trauma the victims of such incidents have to undergo. The situation has, indeed, become scary."
Notably, Chirag has always been critical of Nitish. In the 2020 assembly elections in Bihar, the Union Minister had fielded candidates in all seats on which the JD-U was contesting. Even this time, Chirag has announced his intentions to contest on all seats in Bihar, where assembly elections are slated to be held later this year.
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