JDU-BJP govt left no stone unturned to make Bihar 'crime capital' of country: Congress

New Delhi: The Congress on Tuesday accused the "double engine" government in Bihar of destroying the law and order situation in the state and claimed that change is certain in the upcoming assembly polls.

Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge alleged that the JD(U)-BJP alliance has left no stone unturned to make Bihar the "crime capital" of the country.

"The opportunistic double engine government has destroyed the law and order situation in Bihar. In the last six months, eight businessmen have been killed and 5 times the police have been beaten up," Kharge claimed in his post in Hindi on X.


Just yesterday, five members of a family were killed due to superstition, he said.

Even innocent children were not spared, Kharge added.

Five members of a family, including three women, were allegedly killed and their bodies burnt on suspicion of practising witchcraft in Bihar's Purnea district, police said.

Two persons were arrested in connection with Sunday night's incident that invited a barrage of criticism from the opposition parties.

In his post, Kharge said, "The JDU- BJP alliance has left no stone unturned to make Bihar the 'crime capital' of the country."

The Modi government's own statistics show that poverty is at its peak in Bihar, the situation of social and economic justice has gone from bad to worse and due to the stagnant law and order, investment has remained limited on paper only, Kharge said.

"This time Bihar has decided that it will not remain sick anymore! Change is certain in Bihar. INDIA alliance will bring this change," the Congress president said.

The opposition has been hitting out at the NDA government after prominent businessman Gopal Khemka was shot dead outside his residence in Patna last week.

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Sunday said the incident has once again proven that the BJP and Chief Minister Nitish Kumar have together made Bihar the "crime capital of India".

Gandhi had also asserted that in the upcoming assembly polls, the vote will not be just to change the government, but to save the state.

Khemka was shot dead outside his residence in Patna by a bike-borne assailant, seven years after miscreants had gunned down his son in Hajipur.