Patna, May 24 -- Politics has intensified in Bihar over recent remarks by Leader of Opposition in the Bihar Assembly, Tejashwi Yadav, questioning police action and encounters involving criminals belonging to a particular caste.
At a recent media interaction, the RJD leader said, "We want to know whether encounters are being carried out after looking at a particular caste." He further alleged that criminals carrying surnames associated with a specific caste were being disproportionately targeted.
Chief Minister Samrat Choudhary strongly rejected the allegations and remarked sarcastically that if some people believed the police acted on the basis of caste, then the police should first ask about caste before opening fire.
The Chief Minister...