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Rabri should quit, demands BJP
PATNA, OCT 18: The BJP today called for immediate resignation of the Rabri Devi ministry for abject failure'' to check caste violnce, ri...
Written by Press Trust Of India
October 19, 2000 12:00 AM IST
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PATNA, OCT 18: The BJP today called for immediate resignation of the Rabri Devi ministry for 8220;abject failure8221; to check caste violnce, riot and extremism in Bihar.
Talking to reporters, the Opposition leader in the state assembly, S K Modi, who headed his party8217;s team to make an on-the-spot assessment of the situation in strife-torn Biharsharif, Siwan and Nawada districts, said that of the 55 districts in Bihar 30 should be declared trouble-prone. They should be handed over to para-military forces.
The Rabri Devi ministry has totally failed to check the recurrence of violence8230;Criminals and extremists are ruling the roost8230;The government should resign if it doesn8217;t have the will-power to arrest gangsters and extremists, he said.
Referring to Biharsharif where the Nalanda district administration was compelled to impose curfew to disperse karsevaks who started constructing a temple at a disputed site on October nine, Modi held Laloo Prasad Yadav and Biharsharif MLA, Pappu Khan, responsible for the tension.
He also demanded immediate arrest of Akhilesh Singh and Ashok Mahato for killing five people in Nawada district on Sunday.
On Siwan killings, Modi accused the state government of providing patronage to criminals and called for a judicial inquiry into a series of carnages in the district.
He also demanded stern action against RJD MP from Siwan, Sahabuddin, for allegedly masterminding the killing of 11 Yadavas of a family at Mojahidpur in Siwan on Friday night.
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