Nitish under pressure to act

The alleged rape of girls in the Muzaffarpur shelter home hangs the heads of all the people of Bihar in shame. It is a sheer act of negligence and callous approach towards running the shelter home by the state government through its chosen and favourite NGO. The husband of the Social Welfare Minister Manju Verma is also under the cloud. The entire opposition parties in the state, including some BJP leaders demand the immediate resignation of the Minister. They have also staged a massive protest at Jantar Mantar in New Delhi and demanded the resignation of the Social Welfare Minister on moral ground at least. Though the Chief Minister Nitish Kumar held an hour-long press conference and brought the senior most officers of the departments concerned before the media at the press conference, he rejected outright the opposition demand of the Minister's resignation. He said that there was systemic failure because of which this shameful incident has occurred. He also commented on some opposition leaders, who held a protest at the Jantar Mantar in Delhi, saying that it would be better if they had looked their face in the mirror. Muzaffarpur incident of alleged rape of girls is a blot on the head of the state. It is clearly the case of negligence and it has taken place under a nexus between the politicians close to power in any way and the criminals of Muzaffarpur. It is not only the state administration but also police and intelligence agency of the state has completely failed. The TISS report, which revealed the sordid incident of rape of girls, awakened the Nitish Kumar govt. after three months to initiate action. Some Brajesh Pathak whose the NGO was reportedly running the shelter home in Muzaffarpur is alleged to be the kingpin of the horrible incident of rape.He is also reportedly very close to the ruling politicians. Muzaffarpur incident also clearly shows that no crime on major level can be committed until and unless there is a deep nexus among politicians, police and administration. It also appears clearly that administration and police departments are hand in glove in not action against the culprits in time. Since Nitish Kumar went into the lap of BJP in Bihar, crimes have shoot up instead of going down in Bihar. CM Nitish Kumar was known for good governance and that is why he is also called Sushan Babu in Bihar. But since he re-aligned with the BJP in the state, crimes and corruptions have shot up. Law and order has fallen to its lowest ebb. Sushasan Babu is no longer proving to be effective in dealing with the prevailing situation in the state. Moral compunction calls for the resignation of Bihar Social Welfare Minister Manju Verma over alleged rape of girls in Muzaffarpur shelter home. It is also the moral responsibility of CM NItish Kumar to ask her to resign till the time investigation is over and all clouds over her husband drift away. Otherwise, his reputation of Sushan Babu will itself come under the cloud.