In the space of 17 months, more than a hundred dissenters in the state have been charged with various offences. Is the BJP struggling to control its narrative of progress?
Varanasi: Ballia police on Monday arrested five Samajwadi Party (SP) activists from the party s district unit office under Kotwali police station area for allegedly abusing UP minister Upendra Tiwari after declaration of results of zila panchayat chairman election on Saturday.
Former minister Ambika Chawdhary, his son and zila panchayat chairman Anand Chawdhary, SP district chief Rajmangal Yadav and many others were accused in an FIR lodged by Tiwari’s nephew Ashwini Tiwari in this connection.
A video of the incident showing the minister being abused by the supporters of Anand Chawdhary after the announcement of zila panchayat chairman election result on Saturday night had gone viral.
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The four-time MP sought to expose the inefficiency and irregularities in the hospitals, from the remote areas to the multi-specialty facilities in the state capital, and ended up in jail in a three-decade-old kidnapping case, said his party leaders.
Bihar will remember the second wave of Covid-19 for its deficient infrastructure, as well as a lesson on how those seeking to expose "wrongdoings" of the state government and the influential may end up paying a price, said Jan Adhikar .