Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Sunday took exception to Union minister Giriraj Singh’s controversial comment about “beating up” government officials, reported NDTV. The Bharatiya Janata Party is a part of the ruling alliance in the state.
On Saturday, speaking at an event near his parliamentary constituency in Bihar’s Begusarai, Singh said that people should resort to assaulting officials with bamboo sticks if their problems remained unsolved.
“I tell them MPs, MLAs, DMs [district magistrates], SDMs [sub-divisional magistrates], BDOs [block development officers]…they are under you [the public],” Singh said. “You go to them with your matters, you do not need to tell that to Giriraj…if your rights are violated, Giriraj will stand with you…They say ‘he’s not listening to us’. If he is not listening, take a bamboo stick and beat him up.”
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