LJP demands dismissal of Nitish Kumar government

The LJP today demanded immediate dismissal of the Nitish Kumar-led Bihar government in the wake of Patna high court order for a CBI probe into alleged irregularities in development schemes in the state.

"The centre should dismiss the state government immediately," Paswan told reporters here.

He said a joint delegation of the RJD-LJP led by him would call on Governor D Konwar seeking to recommend dismissal of the Nitish Kumar government for ensuring "an impartial and fair" probe into the irregularities.

It is high time that the chief minister resign owing "moral responsibility" for the scam, Paswan said.

When his attention was drawn to the irregularities during Rabri Devi's tenure as chief minister, Paswan said, "It also reflected the failure of the Nitish Kumar government  If the irregularities were committed during the tenure of Rabri Devi also, Nitish Kumar who replaced the government in 2005 should had taken action instead of further promoting the irregularities in the remaining period till 2008."

Alleging that a series of scams had taken place after the NDA led by Nitish Kumar came to power, Paswan demanded that the centre order a CBI probe into the expenditures made on carrying out works in Bihar during the past four-and-a-half years.

Patna high court had yesterday ordered a CBI inquiry into the alleged Rs 11,412 crore irregularities related to execution of development and welfare schemes between 2002-2003 and 2007-2008 in Bihar.