Union Minister Jitan Ram Manjhi on Thursday hit back at Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge after he accused the NDA government of indifference and apathy towards Dalits while referring to the torching of over 100 houses belonging to the Mahadalit community in Bihar’s Nawada district over a land dispute.
The Union Minister for Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises said that many such incidents happened in the RJD era, however, in the NDA’s tenure such occurrences were only on the decline.
Speaking to IANS, Jitan Ram Manjhi said, “He should remember and compare it with the previous days. There used to be a time when whatever incident used to happen, it used to be solved by the Panchayat. This is not happening today. It is not right to say that the law and order situation in Bihar is bad and there is Jungle Raj in the state. People who were in power …