“Attack on Bihar BJP headquarters in Patna state sponsored”

Patna

Terming the violence in front of the state BJP headquarters by the student wings of ruling alliance partners as a ‘state-sponsored one’, Bihar BJP president Mangal Pandey today said that NDA workers are ready to take on the goons of ruling parties anywhere in the state.

“This is a state sponsored attack on BJP office today, the conspiracy for which was hatched at JDU office… This is Nitish government’s state sponsored attack,” Pandey told reporters here.

Pandey, who expressed displeasure over the administration remaining “a mute spectator”, told the attackers that NDA and BJP workers would pay them in the same coin.

He said that attackers were from AISF, JDU, RJD student wings who had come with lathi, bottles and sticks.

“We want to carry out our political fight in democratic way but if the ruling JDU wants to push Bihar into a state of political violence, then BJP and NDA workers would not sit idle as impotent. Rather we will pay them back in the same coin. Every action will have reaction,” he said.

“They (attackers) should not attack or carry out fight from behind…If they have guts, they should choose time and place of their choice and BJP and NDA workers are ready to take them on in their language (violence) anywhere in the state,” said the state chief who was accompanied by state BJP vice president Sanjay Mayukh and others.

Pandey said the administration did not allow its party workers to take out ‘Jan Swabhiman Yatra’ while the protesters were allowed to come to BJP office despite Mayukh informing the concerned official that the party apprehended attack on its office. (More) PTI AR CR PRM

Stating that Bihar government has failed in checking the deteriorating law and order situaiton in the state, he said “there is no result coming out of Nitish Kumar holding repeated day long meetings for past couple of days and this is evident from the fact that two bodies of minors, who were kidnapped yesterday, were recovered from Fatuha (in Patna) today besides a retired teacher and a businessman were killed in Bhagalpur today.”

The party leaders met the DGP and demanded the arrest of those who attacked the party office, he said adding that party will also lodge an FIR in the incident.

Pandey said that senior leaders of NDA constituents will have a meeting on February 23 to chalk out future course of strategy.

He said a party delegation has already submitted a memorandum to the Govenror apprising him of current situation especially deteriorating law and order situation of the state and has sought his intervention in this regard.

PTI