Bihar polls: Congress poses questions to PM, CM on 'paper leaks, crime, displacement for employment'

Countering the NDA's 'jungle raj' charge, the Congress connected Sunday (November 2, 2025) sought to country Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Chief Minister Nitish Kumar connected insubstantial leaks, "displacement" of families successful hunt of employment and alleged emergence successful heinous crimes successful Bihar.

Attacking the ruling alliance, Congress wide caput in-charge of communications, Jairam Ramesh, cited transgression incidents and asked the premier curate whether this is the "so-called Mangal Raj" of his "trouble motor government".

The NDA has been informing voters successful Bihar that a instrumentality of Magathbandhan to powerfulness successful Bihar volition bring backmost the epoch of "jungle raj" nether the RJD rule, where, it alleged, criminals "acted with impunity".

In a station successful Hindi connected X, Mr. Ramesh said that connected the aforesaid streets of Patna wherever young radical were lathi-charged astir each period for demanding jobs and just recruitment exams, the premier curate and main curate are holding roadshows for votes.

"That's wherefore contiguous we privation to inquire them 3 nonstop questions. Under your patronage, dozens of insubstantial leaks and recruitment-entrance exam scams occurred successful Bihar, ruining the futures of millions of youth," Mr. Ramesh said.

And erstwhile that wasn't enough, a concern of selling fake degrees besides flourished, helium alleged.

"Why was the hard enactment and aboriginal of millions of Bihar's younker compromised?" the Congress person asked.

"According to a caste-based survey conducted successful Bihar, 64% of the population, oregon astir 90 cardinal people, inactive past connected conscionable 67 rupees a day. Why is Bihar successful specified a dire authorities aft 20 years of your government?" Mr. Ramesh said.

The Congress person took a swipe astatine the "double-engine government" transportation of the BJP-led NDA, which suggests that having its authorities successful some the Centre and the authorities ensures accelerated development.

Due to the policies of the "Trouble Engine" government, 3.18 crore radical were "forced to leave" the authorities successful hunt of employment, Mr. Ramesh said and asked the premier curate and the main curate whether they would instrumentality work for the displacement of these families.

"The CAG has uncovered a scam worthy Rs 70,000 crore successful 10 departments successful Bihar, helium alleged, adding, "Will these scams, similar successful Maharashtra, present beryllium considered a motion of 'achche din'? Please remark connected this."

"When you look astatine the headlines of your roadshow successful Bihar, delight besides wage attraction to the headlines of heinous crimes that person occurred successful Bihar implicit the past week," Mr. Ramesh said.

Eight large murders and shootings took spot successful conscionable 7 days, helium said.

"Mokama: Dularchand Yadav murdered; Bhojpur: Father-son, supporters of Upendra Kushwaha, murdered; Siwan: ASI Anirudh Kumar murdered by slitting his throat; Bhagalpur: BJP person Vivekananda Prasad changeable astatine successful his home; "Rohtas: Hotel worker Nitish Kumar changeable for asking for the bill; Lakhisarai: Youth named Shailendra stabbed to death; Samastipur: Mantun Sahni murdered portion returning from Chhath festival; Patna: Vikas Kumar changeable successful wide daylight," Mr. Ramesh said, listing the caller incidents of crime.

These are conscionable a fewer of the large transgression incidents successful conscionable 1 week, helium said.

Citing NCRB data, Mr. Ramesh said an mean of 8 murders, 33 kidnappings and 133 heinous crimes hap each time successful Bihar.

"So, Prime Minister, is this the alleged Mangal Raj of your Trouble Engine government?" the Congress person said.

The Bihar polls volition beryllium held successful 2 phases connected November 6 and 11, and results volition beryllium announced connected November 14.

The absorption INDIA bloc, which has the RJD, Congress and the Left parties arsenic the main constituents, has declared RJD person Tejashwi Yadav its main ministerial campaigner for the Bihar polls.