Bihar opposition slams Minister’s call to ‘beat up’ unresponsive officials
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A day after Union Minister and senior Bihar BJP chief Giriraj Singh suggested folks of his constituency in Begusarai to “beat up public representatives and officials if they don’t listen to you”, opposition leaders requested why the Centre had not taken any motion in opposition to him.
“If they (MPs, MLAs, village heads, government officials) don’t listen to you, beat them up. Neither do we ask them to do anything wrong, nor will we tolerate their nanga naach (open wrong doing),” the Union Minister for Fisheries, Animal Husbandry and Dairy Farming had mentioned at an occasion organised by an agricultural science centre at Khodawanpur in Begusarai district on Saturday.
He went on to say that he “frequently receives complaints from people that officials concerned often pay little attention to their grievances and I ask them why they come to me for such small things. MPs, MLAs, village mukhias (heads), DMs, SDMs, BDOs all are under obligation to serve you people… They’re there because of you, you’re not because of them and if they do not listen to you beat them up.”
“If even that doesn’t work, then Giriraj shall throw his weight behind you,” the Minister mentioned amid loud applause from the viewers.
On Sunday, when media individuals sought a response from Chief Minister Nitish Kumar, who’s in an alliance with the BJP in Bihar, to Mr. Singh’s comment, he mentioned, “Aap unhi se puchiye (you should ask him)”.
Mr. Kumar then added, “Is it appropriate to use words like pitai (beating)? Ask him.”
The opposition Rashtriya Janata Dal hit out on the Bihar authorities and the BJP chief’s comment. “Are these two parties [BJP-JD(U)] are running a government or a mahajungle raj (utter lawlessness) in the State?” the RJD tweeted in Hindi.
The Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) chief and spokesperson Sudhindra Bhadoria mentioned such remarks may create legislation and order issues within the State. “Why has the Centre not taken any action against the Union Minister,” he requested.
NDA leaders in Bihar performed down the remaks and mentioned Mr. Singh’s comment shouldn’t be taken actually.
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