Bihar Politics: Chirag Paswan Has No Ideology, He’s Just an Actor – Tejashwi Yadav

Bihar Politics: Tejashwi Yadav, the former Deputy Chief Minister of Bihar and leader of Rashtriya Janata Dal, took aim at Union Minister Chirag Paswan on Monday after he expressed concern over the law and order situation in the state after businessman Gopal Khemka was murdered.

The NDA's key ally in Bihar, Paswan, chastised the government of CM Nitish Kumar for a "collapsed law and order" after Khemka was shot dead outside his house. Yadav then retorted with a dig at Paswan that the latter made "comments on crimes increasing in state, and will also support the same government."

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"Chirag (Paswan) clearly has no ideology. He comments on the crimes happening (in the state), but will also support the government. He supports those who are destroying the Constitution...He has done nothing for Bihar, neither as a minister nor otherwise. He’s just acting,” the RJD leader remarked.

Yadav, the Leader of the Opposition in the state, also stated that Paswan is currently in facing off against ally Jitan Ram Manjhi, which he said left him unsure if he would be confronting Kay Raghav with the Bihar polls this year.

"I don’t know what Chirag Paswan will or won’t do going forward. He is currently in a conflict with Jitan Ram Manjhi. There is an ongoing issue between him and Jitan Ram Manjhi, but I don’t know what the outcome of that is. Chirag Paswan talks nonsense. He has been a Member of Parliament twice—can he tell us what he has done? Whether Chirag Paswan contests elections or not, I have no idea," he added.

The RJD leader then blasted Nitish Kumar over the rise of crime in the state stating that the CM had "sold his morality live in a state of demon rule" in Bihar, Janet Kumar was letting go of criminals from jails under their regime, and therefore, the state has acceleration of situation, "no action was being taken against the lawlessness and crimes."

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"...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... 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," Yadav said.

#WATCH | Patna | Former Bihar Deputy CM and RJD leader Tejashwi Yadav says, "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… pic.twitter.com/E9lYp0Ul7Y

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He also alleged that transfers were being conducted in Bihar on the basis of caste, and claimed that no one, including police, business persons, or engineers, were safe in Bihar, since "the authority of the government has collapsed.

In the meantime, a number of businessmen in Bihar raised security concerns after the murder of industrialist Gopal Khemka, who was shot dead outside his house by a man on a bicycle. The Bihar government expressed that all such concerns would be looked into and dealt with and that security would be as per norms to the business community.

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