Patna, May 4 -- Leader of the Opposition in the Bihar Assembly Tejashwi Yadav on Monday criticised the NDA government after a slab of the Vikramshila Setu collapsed in Bhagalpur.

In a statement, the Rashtriya Janata Dal leader blamed corruption for the incident and said the bridge, which had earlier been flagged as unsafe, collapsed without any loss of life due to luck.

Speaking on X, he said, "And now, courtesy of the corrupt NDA government, the Vikramshila Bridge in Bhagalpur has taken samadhi in the Ganga River. Does one need any more direct proof of corruption than this? Last month, we had warned the government that this bridge could collapse, but as usual, the government washed its hands off, defending its corrupt system. At the ti...