Patna serial blasts: Attitude of Bihar govt was casual,says Arun Jaitley

Bihar govt should forget about votes and fulfill responsibility towards the state: Jaitley.

Leader of Opposition in the Rajya Sabha,Arun Jaitley on Monday condemned the serial bomb blasts at Narendra Modi’s rally venue in Patna,that killed six people and injured 90 others.

The senior Bharatiya Janata Party leader also slammed the Nitish Kumar-led JD(U) government in the state for not making adequate security arrangements for Modi’s rally despite alert by the security agencies about possible threat to the rally.

“We are living in a vulnerable security environment. We have received information that the Intelligence Bureau (IB) had warned of a possible threat to the rally on October 23,” said Jaitley,adding that it was the responsibility of the state government to provide security,get frisking done.

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The BJP leader questioned the Bihar government as he said: “In face of the alert on Patna rally what steps were taken by the government?”

“The attitude of Bihar government was casual and callous at the time of the blasts. We had no idea of what to do when the blasts were happening as there was no senior officer to help us,” he added.

He also demanded for a probe to “find out who were behind Sunday’s conspiracy.”

Slamming the Nitish government,Jaitley said,”Bihar government should forget about votes and fulfill responsibility towards the state.”

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