Patna, May 31 -- The Rashtriya Janata Dal has questioned the Bihar government''s decision to ask former Chief Minister and Leader of Opposition in the Legislative Council Rabri Devi to vacate her official residence, alleging that the move was aimed at playing the "Dalit card" in state politics.

RJD state spokesperson Ejaz Ahmad told UNI here on Sunday that the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) government had allotted the bungalow to minister Nand Kishore Ram as part of a political strategy rather than an administrative requirement.

Ahmad said that according to an order issued by the Cabinet Secretariat Department on May 11, official residences had already been allotted to eight ministers, including Ram. He alleged that Ram had been allot...