Patna, Sept 22 (PTI) Bihar’s Leader of Opposition Tejashwi Yadav on Tuesday demanded the resignation of Chief Minister Samrat Choudhary over the alleged sexual harassment of a girl in Jamui district, alleging that law and order has completely collapsed in the state.
Addressing a press conference in Patna, the RJD national working president alleged that “Bihar is being shamed”, and the state was witnessing “gundaraaj”.
“Chief Minister Samrat Choudhary should immediately resign. It is shameful that some NDA leaders, including Union minister Rajiv Ranjan Singh alias Lalan Singh, are justifying the incident by saying that such small things happen,” Yadav said.
He demanded an apology from NDA leaders over their remarks, saying it was “beyond imagination” that such statements were being made about an incident that he described as “heinous” and bringing “shame to society”.
Yadav also recalled Choudhary’s earlier statement that no one could touch a woman in Bihar even at midnight and that he would resign if anyone did.
Referring to the Jamui incident, he asked the chief minister to honour his earlier words and step down.
A video went viral on Monday purportedly showing a boy and a girl being harassed by a group of people on a roadside in Jamui. The incident triggered widespread outrage, following which police arrested some of the accused.
Singh, in a video statement, described the incident as “deeply heartbreaking and spine-chilling” but accused opposition leaders of politicising the matter.
“Swift police action has once again demonstrated that criminals will not be spared,” Singh said, adding that Bihar had witnessed the “rule of law” since 2006 when JD(U) supremo Nitish Kumar became chief minister.
Singh said opposition leaders should remember the situation in Bihar before 2005, when, according to him, women feared stepping out after sunset.
“We stand firmly with the victim’s family, as does the government. Under the Samrat Choudhary government’s rule, every criminal will face the law and get their due punishment,” he said. PTI PKD SOM
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