Law and order crumbling under Nitish's rule
The Tribune Editorial: Politics is in a churn too, with Prashant Kishor throwing his hat in the ring with his new Jan Suraaj party.
IN recent weeks, the political and legal battle over the Special Intensive Revision of electoral rolls had pushed to the sidelines a burning issue plaguing Bihar — the virtual breakdown of law and order. Now, it seems that things are finally coming to a head. A woman was allegedly raped by two men in an ambulance which took her to a hospital after she fainted during a government recruitment test. The absence of a female attendant in the vehicle reflected poorly on state-run emergency health services. The shocking incident in Gayaji — the new name for Gaya — has laid bare cracks within the ruling NDA months before the Assembly elections. Union minister Chirag Paswan described the situation as “scary”, while expressing regret that he was supporting a regime that was incapable of controlling law and order.
