A row has erupted over the law and order situation in Bihar after father of Vikassheel Insaan Party (VIP) chief Mukesh S🎀ahani's father -- Jitan Sahani -- was found murdered inside his ancestral home in Darbhanga on Tuesday.
Jitan's body, with multiple stab wounds and cut marks on chest and stomach🔯, was found inside his room at his house in the district's Biraul area, offic🤡ials said.
The Dar𒉰bhanga Police, in a statement, said that a special investigation team (SIT) has been formed to probe the matter.
Notably, Mukesh Sahani's VIP is an alliance partner of the opposition INDIA bloc. While all political parties, regardless of their party lines, condemned the act, opposition leaders slammed the law and order situation in the Nitish Kumar government-ruled state.
Meanwhile, Union Minister and chief of Lok Janshakti Party (Ram Vilas) Chirag Paswan said in a post on X, The brutal murder of the father of Mukesh Sahani is highly condemnable... criminals will soon be identified and strict action will be taken against them. We offer heartfꦡelt condolences to the bereaved family."
Oppn Slams NDA, Takes 'Maha-Jungleraaj' Jibe
Opposition leaders have slammed the ruling Nitish Kumar-led government in the state and the NDA over Jitan Sahani's murder.
RJD leader Mrityunjay Tiwari, adꦬdressing Jitan's "br꧋utal murder", said that if the leaders' families in Bihar are not safe then the safety of the common people is at god's mercy.
"Why⛦ are BJP and NDA leaders quiet on this? They s🌱hould come out and speak up. This is 'maha-jungleraaj'," Tiwari said.
Pappu Yadav, independent MP from Purnea, alleged that the state is in the "grips of criminals", asking whether Nitish Kumar's government is "good". He said so citing the "series of murders" that have happened in Bihar in the last few days🍸.
RJD spokesperson Shakti Singh Yadav said that the Chief Minister of Bihar, Nitish Kumar, is an "unconscious st💜ate of mind"𒁃.
He asked as to what was going in the state in the recent times, saying that not one day goes by without a murder. Yadav said that Niꦰtish Kumar "might not even know by now that something has happened in the state. No political leader is safe in B♍ihar... The system has collapsed. Bihar is at the mercy of gods."
Meanwhile, hitting back 🥀at the opposition's remarks, Bihar Minister Nitin Nabin said that the government will probe the matter with immediate eꦯffect and the truth behind the murder will be revealed to the public.
"Junge raj was when the criminals hid in Tejashwi Yadav's re🌌sidence and operated from there. In our government, the criminals know that they will be punished for their crimes sooner or later," Nabin added.
Even then, the opposition's retorts did not stop. RJD leader Shakti Singh Yadav, again while speaking to news agency ANI, said that there is💎 no law and order in the state, adding that "there is a mindless government in t🍸he state".
"Is it 'Jungle Raaj' or 'Jallaad Raaj'...People of the state are afraid, they are always worried whenever they go out...Every day so༺meone's son, wife or husband is being killed...The state government is doing nothing," Yadav added.
Meanwhile, RJD leader Manoj Jha said that Nitish Kumar should 'quit', since his governme🥃nt is not able to handle the state. Jha noted that there "is no law and order in the state and the people are sꦑuffering from this".
Congress UP President Ajay Rai said, "This 🅺is a condemnabl𒆙e and sad incident. Mukesh Sahani is a part of INDIA alliance... I express my grief on this."
Aam Aadmi Party leader Saurabh Bharadwaj also slammed the "jungle-raj in Biha൲r", saying that the state is in a very bad condition and that the Nitish Kumar government is unable to work properly.
Who Is Mukesh Sahani?
Mukesh Sahani is the chief of the Vikassheel Insaan Party (VIP) in Bihar. Mukesh joined as a constituent in the o🎃pposition INDIA bloc before the 2024 Lok Sabha elections.
The agreement of being alliance partners reportedly was made original♓ly between Sahani's VIP and the Rashtriya Janata Dal.
Mukesh is also known as the 'Son of Mallah', Hindustan Times reported. The Mallahs in🔯 the state amount for about seven per cent of the populati🌊on.
Mukesh's video with RJD leader Tejashwi Yadav, while eating fish during Navratri in a helicopter, went virꦯal 🍷on social media. This video also triggered a massive political row amid election campaigns for the Lok Sabha polls.
(With Inputs from ANI, PTI)
