"Is UP Ram Rajya?" Tejashwi Yadav After BJP Leaders Bihar Killing Swipe

Tejashwi Yadav said, "Is UP a Ram Rajya... In states ruled by the BJP, if crimes happen, is the Chief Minister committing the crime? If rapes happen, is the Chief Minister doing it?"

Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar's deputy Tejashwi Yadav took up cudgels today on behalf of his boss and launched a fierce attack on the BJP's Union Minister Giriraj Singh, who had targetted Mr Kumar over the recent killing in Begusarai. Mr Singh had accused Mr Kumar of "spreading caste frenzy" and directed a mocking query on the possibility of his complicity in the incident, in which one man died and 11 were injured. नीतीश कुमार जिस तरह बेगूसराय में सीरियल फायरिंग को जाति से जोड़कर उन्माद फैलाने की कोशिश कर रहे हैं, उससे लगता है कि नीतीश कुमार ने ही फायरिंग करवाई है। 'इस तरह के बयान से उन्हें बचना चाहिए' : केंद्रीय मंत्री #GirirajSingh के बयान पर बिहार के डिप्टी CM #TejashwiYadavpic.twitter.com/f3ikneOPj4

"The way Nitish Kumar is trying to spread frenzy by linking the serial firing in Begusarai with caste, it seems that Nitish Kumar has got the firing done," read a rough translation of the Hindi tweet from Mr Singh, who represents the area in parliament.

Mr Kumar appeared complacent, declaring that his erstwhile alliance partners were capable of saying anything, so "let them be". Not so Tejashwi Yadav.