RJD slams Nitish Kumar government's report card as 'bogus'

PATNA: Describing the JD(U) government's annual report card as "bogus", the RJD today said that Chief Minister Nitish Kumar was more concerned about the survival of his minority government than the welfare of the people.

The law and order situation in the state has collapsed contrary to tall claims of achievement "on all fronts", state unit RJD president Ramchandra Purve told reporters after releasing a parallel report card.

Accompanied by RJD Rajya Sabha MP Ramkripal Yadav and other party leaders, Purve said that incidents of crime like murder, kidnapping, loot and gangrape had increased alarmingly in recent times.

Development activity had been been hit badly by the chief minister's preoccupation with survival of his government rather than concentrating on governance.

He alleged that the chief minister does not give time to public representatives, let alone people and said that his conduct was a far cry from the days when his house remained open for all during Rabri Devi's tenure.

Asking Kumar to resign, RJD leader also questioned his secular credentials, saying that he had failed to cater to aspirations of the minorities for development and welfare even as he allowed the Sangh Parivar to spread its tentacles in Bihar during the erstwhile NDA rule.

Purve contested the Nitish Kumar government's claim of Rs 2.5 lakh crore investment in the agriculture sector and wondered why then the sick sugars mills had not been revived as yet.

He also blamed JD(U) government for corruption and plummeting standards of education.

Prasad's wife Rabri Devi did not attend the release of the RJD's counter-report card, reportedly due to indisposition.