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Four Rabri ministers admit law and order in Bihar is in a bad shape

Four ministers in the Rabri Devi government have admitted that the law and order situation in Bihar is in a bad shape. They said that the interference by the judiciary, executive and legislature in one another's domains has led to social chaos in the state.

Addressing the 71st annual general meeting of the Bihar Chamber of Commerce in Patna at the weekend, state Industries Minister Baidyanath Pandey, Commercial Taxes Minister Apendra Prasad Verma, Food and Civil Supplies Minister Purnamasi Ram and Minister of State for Energy Shyam Razak said the state police and judicial systems were responsible for the worsening law and order scenario in the state.

The ministers strongly criticised social organisations for not filing public interest litigation against the worsening law and order, incidents of extortion, poor banking system, dismal infrastructure and non-co-operation of the financial institutions in the development of the state.

Pandey said that the judiciary, executive and legislative bodies interfered with each other and this had led to ''social chaos''. He, however, reiterated the state government's commitment to stepping up industrialisation of the state and announced suitable amendments to the industrial policy to remove the bottlenecks coming in the way of industrial growth.

UNI

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