Bihar BJP charges JD(U) with ‘criminal negligence’ in rescuing flood victims
BJP on Sunday alleged that JD(U) government in Bihar has committed ‘criminal negligence’ by failing to provide proper assistance to pilgrims from Bihar stranded in Uttarakhand, unlike other states including Gujarat.
‘The state government’s efforts towards arranging for medicines, food and transportation for return journey for the pilgrims was woefully inadequate as it had done nothing except belatedly setting up camp office in Dehradun,’ senior BJP leader and former deputy chief minister Sushil Kumar Modi said.
This inaction was ‘outright criminal negligence’ and it had hurt religious sentiment of the people who will teach the party a ‘lesson’ at an appropriate time, Modi told reporters.
Seeking to make this a political issue, the friend-turned-foe of chief minister Nitish Kumar said he would sit on a 24-hour fast in Patna on 8 July.
Besides, the state government’s failure to provide relief works for pilgrims, the fast would also be in protest against the police firing in Bagaha last week in which seven Tharu tribals were killed, he said.
‘The state government’s efforts towards arranging for medicines, food and transportation for return journey for the pilgrims was woefully inadequate as it had done nothing except belatedly setting up camp office in Dehradun,’ senior BJP leader and former deputy chief minister Sushil Kumar Modi said.
This inaction was ‘outright criminal negligence’ and it had hurt religious sentiment of the people who will teach the party a ‘lesson’ at an appropriate time, Modi told reporters.
Seeking to make this a political issue, the friend-turned-foe of chief minister Nitish Kumar said he would sit on a 24-hour fast in Patna on 8 July.
Besides, the state government’s failure to provide relief works for pilgrims, the fast would also be in protest against the police firing in Bagaha last week in which seven Tharu tribals were killed, he said.