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The withdrawal of Z+ information for former Bihar Chief Ministers Lalu Prasad and Rabri Devi and the announcement to Ms. Devi to vacate the authorities bungalow astatine 10, Circular Road, Patna, are attempts to divert attraction from the existent issues of the people, Leader of Opposition successful the Bihar Legislative Assembly Tejashwi Yadav said connected Tuesday (June 9, 2026).
This is the archetypal clip Mr. Yadav has spoken astir the substance of Z+ security. He was speaking to reporters astatine the Patna airdrome upon his accomplishment from New Delhi.
Targeting Chief Minister Samrat Choudhary over the matter, Mr. Yadav said that adjacent aft becoming the Chief Minister, determination was nary alteration successful Mr. Choudhary’s thinking. “He whitethorn person go the Chief Minister, but helium is simply a Cheap Minister,” helium said.
Last Saturday, Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) leaders and workers were seen lasting guard, holding sticks successful their hands, astatine the gross of 10, Circular Road residence, wherever the Lalu household resides, aft Mr. Prasad and Ms. Devi had sent backmost the information screen provided to them successful spot of the Z+ cover.
‘Corruption astatine peak, crimes a caller normal’
“The State’s treasury is empty; nary enactment is being carried out; corruption is astatine its peak; prices of petrol and diesel are expanding each day; murder, dacoity, and pack rape are taking spot each day; radical are not getting their pensions; and Ministers and legislators are not getting their salaries. So, to divert attraction from these issues, Samrat Choudhary has played up the information issue, truthful that radical statement implicit it. But fto maine accidental it precise intelligibly that it is not an contented for us,” Mr. Yadav said.
Last week, the BJP-led Bihar Government withdrew the Z+ information for Mr. Prasad and Ms. Devi and alternatively provided them information with Bihar Special Armed Police (BSAP) personnel. Before that, the Bihar Building Construction Department (BCD) had besides served announcement to Ms. Devi, Leader of Opposition successful the Bihar Legislative Council, to vacate the 10, Circular Road bungalow, giving her 15-day ultimatum.
Mr. Yadav said, “Rabri Devi got the bungalow successful her capableness arsenic erstwhile Chief Minister, and determination has been nary alteration successful her presumption since 2005. Samrat Choudhary is doing inexpensive authorities retired of governmental vendetta with a constrictive mindset. For us, the information and the bungalow are not the issues. I americium not acrophobic of anyone; radical of Bihar are with us.”
Without naming immoderate person from the National Democratic Alliance (NDA), Mr. Yadav claimed that respective ruling leaders had got bungalows successful usurpation of rules.
‘Falsehood volition beryllium exposed’
The RJD besides targeted Nishant Kumar, lad of erstwhile CM Nitish Kumar, implicit his acquisition qualification a time aft Mr. Nishant filed the information for biennial polls. In the affidavit, it is mentioned that helium studied engineering but did not implicit the degree.
In the station connected X, the enactment said, “It turns retired that the lad of Nitish Kumar, whom radical ne'er got bushed of calling arsenic engineer, has lone passed 12th grade. He himself has declared successful the predetermination affidavit that helium is not a graduate. All the layers of falsehood of these dishonest radical opposing dynastic politics will beryllium exposed. Wait and see.”
According to the affidavit, Mr. Nishant passed the Intermediate Examination successful 1998 from Science College, Patna, and aft that helium enrolled successful the Bachelor of Engineering (Computer Science) grade people astatine Birla Institute of Technology, MESRA, Ranchi, and completed 5 of the 8 prescribed semesters till 2001.
