Armed with the figures from the National Crime Record Bureau (NCRB), Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Saturday sought to counter the opposition’s claim of rise in crime graph in the state.
“The opposition is trying to create a ‘perception’ that incidents of crime are increasing in Bihar, but actually, “rule of law” has been prevailed in the state and would remain so in future,” Kumar said while speaking in the Assembly on the motion of thanks on Governor’s address.
BJP leaders who shout on crimes of Bihar should also publish crimes in BJP ruled states of Chhattisgarh, Haryana, Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan, Gujarat and Maharashtra.Nitish Kumar, Chief Minister, Bihar
Stating that leader of opposition Prem Kumar’s figures on crime read in the House yesterday were not based on facts, Kumar read out official figures from NCRB and Bihar stands on 12th position in crime figures.
As per the latest NCRB figure for the year 2014, he said, incident of crime is 3.3 per one lakh population in Bihar whereas that of BJP ruled Chhattisgarh is 3.9 and Haryana 4.5.
Stating that there has been constant decline in the numbers of murders recorded in Bihar in past four years, Kumar, quoting NCRB data, said there were 3565 murders in 2012, 3441 in 2013, 3403 in 2014.
In 2015, the cases of murder is 3178. It has been compiled by the state police and has been sent to Ministry of Home Affairs. The government is ready to give it to the opposition members if they desire so, he added.
However, BJP and its NDA allies were not present in the House as they boycotted the sitting on Saturday, usually a holiday.
Referring to the assault on JNUSU president Kanhaiya Kumar in court premises during his production in Delhi, Kumar said, Delhi, which comes under Central government’s jurisdiction, is number one in crime incidents and they are giving sermon to us.
“It is not a Jungle Raj, it is a Mangal Raj,” he said.
On fugitive RJD MLA Raj Ballabh Yadav’s hunt by the police, Kumar said there was no question of giving relaxation to the case and asserted that the MLA would be brought to justice through speedy trial.
On NDA’s allegations that government was not able to check crime under RJD pressure, Kumar, without naming RJD president Lalu Prasad, emphatically said that “I have worked with BJP leaders and they are well acquainted with my nature. I do not come under any pressure. Who will pressurise me?”
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