Shelter home scandal: RJD demands Nitish's resignation

Muzaffarpur: The RJD said on Wednesday that Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar should resign taking moral responsibility for the alleged sexual exploitation of girls at a state-run shelter home here as he also holds the home portfolio.

Leader of Opposition Tejashwi Yadav wondered why the state government is not ordering a CBI probe into the case. Kumar should resign for the "overall rise in crimes against women", the RJD leader told reporters here and reiterated the party's demand for CBI inquiry into the shelter home scandal.

The CBI probe should be monitored by the high court, Yadav, who led a delegation of the opposition RJD, Congress, Hindustani Awam Morcha (HAM) and CPI-ML, here said.

"We wonder why the state government is not ordering a CBI inquiry despite the statement given by Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh yesterday... We stick to our demand for a CBI inquiry, notwithstanding unconvincing arguments against it by the government put through officials like the DGP. We demand that the probe be monitored by the High Court," Yadav said.

Bihar DGP KS Dwivedi had said medical examinations of 29 of the 42 inmates confirmed that they were

sexually exploited and 10 of the accused have already been arrested.