Bihar Congress to present charge sheet against Nitish Kumar govt
AICC general secretary Mukul Wasnik alleged that during the present dispensation, women were not safe, and contrary to the claims of the state government, cases of kidnapping have increased.
"We will go to the peoples' court with facts and figures and present the chargesheet against the Nitish Kumar government that the tall claims being made on improvement of law and order front are hollow," AICC general secretary and in-charge party affairs, Mukul Wasnik and the newly appointed state party president Choudhry Mehboob Ali Kaiser said.
They alleged that during the present dispensation, women were not safe, and contrary to the claims of the state government, cases of kidnapping have increased.
“The incidents of atrocities on Dalits too have increased in Bihar,” Wasnik, the union minister for Social Justice and Empowerment, claimed while adding that, while the all India conviction rate of cases related to atrocities on Dalits was 32%, it was 17% in Bihar and several such cases were pending at court and police levels.
The Congress leaders said the party had gone in election mode and was preparing from village to district levels.
"The decision to contest seats with like-minded parties would be decided by the central party leadership but we are making preparations for all the 243 seats," Wasnik said.
Asked about the Congress party's stand on biennial elections to five Rajya Sabha seats, Wasnik said that a final decision about the party's stand would be taken after a discussion with the Congress Legislature party.