Union Minister Giriraj Singh says Nitish Kumar was uncomfortable with BJP’s stand on sleeper cell

Union Minister Giriraj Singh on Tuesday claimed that he joined the ‘Mahagathbandhan’ after Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar’s BJP flagged off an active “sleeper cell” in the state and opposed the implementation of ‘Shariah’ in some areas. To be left the party. Singh, who represents Begusarai in the Lok Sabha, was speaking to reporters during a party function in Siwan district. “The busting of the Phulwari Sharif module of Popular Front of India (in July) has proved that Bihar has been affected by sleeper cells,” he claimed.

Two people, including a retired Jharkhand police officer, were arrested on July 13 in the Phulwarisharif area of ​​Bihar’s capital Patna, while three days later, the Anti-Terrorism Squad of Uttar Pradesh arrested another person from Lucknow in connection with the case. . The Union minister said that while schools have an equally weekly holiday on Sundays, many institutions in Bihar remain closed on Fridays “in an open attempt to enforce Sharia law”.

“BJP was raising these issues in the national interest. But it made Nitish Kumar uneasy (Ashaaz)”, said Singh, a well-known critic of the JD(U) leader. “His (Kumar’s) restlessness may have paid the price for our (BJP) power in the state. But now that we are in the opposition, we will raise the issue of national security and integrity even more strongly”, the BJP leader said.

He also accused the RJD-JD(U) alliance of showing bias in favor of Urdu medium schools. “Tejashwi Yadav had spoken of filling vacancies to fulfill the promise of 10 lakh jobs. I have learned that the new cabinet has instead started the process of recruiting Urdu teachers. For normal schools and those There is little concern even for those where secondary is the medium of instruction. Instruction is Sanskrit”, alleged the Union minister.

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