Bihar deputy chief minister Tejaswi Yadav countered the “jungle raj” barb by claiming that the crime rates in Delhi and Haryana are much higher.
Bihar deputy chief minister Tejaswi Yadav countered the “jungle raj” barb by claiming that the crime rates in Delhi and Haryana are much higher. Citing the terror attack on Pathankot airbase, Mr Yadav said that the “jungle raj” tag is more suitable to states the BJP is in power — the Centre in Delhi and the state government in Haryana.
Rejecting the contention the road rage killing of a youth by the son of a JD(U) MLC in Gaya district of the state, Mr Yadav said that Delhi is widely known as the capital of road rage deaths, but the city is not yet given the tag of a “jungle raj”.
The Bihar deputy chief minister was in the national capital to meet railway minister Suresh Prabhu. Mr Yadav sought construction of over 50 rail over bridges in the state, besides asking the railways to return the unused rail lands back to the state.
“If one road rage incident takes place in Bihar and it is called jungle raj, then the maximum number of road rage incidents take place in Delhi. So is there a jungle raj in Delhi Pakistani flag is unfurled on the country’s soil, is it not jungle raj ” he asked reporters, adding: “Terrorists enter secure air base, is it not jungle raj ”
If there is a Vyapam scam in Madhya Pradesh, where one after the other, murder takes place, IPS officer is killed, nobody says there is jungle raj. In Haryana, there was such a big riot and such unfortunate incidents of rape took place but it is not called jungle raj.”
He also claimed that several political leaders and engineers have been killed in BJP-ruled states but nobody raked up the issue. “In BJP ruled states, if their leaders rape somebody, they are made ministers at the Centre by Modiji,” he said.
However, Mr Yadav said that he condemned the road rage killing of the youth in Gaya. “We assure that strict action will be taken against the culprit. We will fight the case properly,” he said.
