Bihar needs better administration: Governor

NEW DELHI, JAN 29: Bihar Governor S S Bhandari, who met Union Home Minister L K Advani today, said the State needed a quot;better administrationquot;.Asked by reporters after his meeting with the Home Minister as to how he felt about the law and order situation in the State, Bhandari said, quot;There should be a better administration in Biharquot;.

Bhandari, who arrived here last night, is understood to have apprised Advani of the State8217;s law and order situation in the wake of Monday8217;s massacre of 22 people in Jehanabad district by gunmen of the Ranvir Sena. He, however, parried questions on the possibility of imposition of President8217;s Rule in the State, saying, 8220;It is for the Centre to decide and act. President K R Narayanan has himself made a strong remark on the massacrequot;.

The Governor also evaded questions whether he had submitted any report to the Centre on the law and order situation in the State.

While the main Opposition Bharatiya Janata Party-Samata Party combine has demanded the Rabri Devi Government8217;sdismissal, the ruling Rashtriya Janata Dal has charged the combine with having a quot;nexusquot; with the Ranvir Sena.a private army of upper caste landlords.