Bihar protest: Death of Vijay Singh ‘pre-planned conspiracy’ by Nitish govt, claims BJP

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Following the death of BJP worker and Jehanabad district general secretary Vijay Singh in alleged police lathi charge in Patna, the BJP said that the death was “pre-planned conspiracy” of the Nitish Kumar government to stop people from demanding their rights and justice.

On Thursday, the saffron party alleged that a leader from their party died after sustaining injuries during a police lathi-charge that took place as party workers were marching towards the Bihar Assembly in Patna during a massive protest against the teacher recruitment policy by the Nitish government in the state. However, the district administration denied the charge, saying there were no injury marks on the body.

The police allegedly fired tear gas shells and used water cannons to stop party workers from marching to the Bihar Assembly.

BJP leader and Union minister Nityanand Rai said the “brutal” lathi charge and use of tear gas shells by the police on the BJP leaders and workers was a reminder of the British Raj. “Police lathi charge on BJP workers was a pre-planned, state-sponsored conspiracy to stop people of Bihar from demanding their rights and justice,” the Minister of State for Home Affairs said.

“It’s Jungle Raj 3.0 in Bihar under Chief Minister Nitish Kumar and his deputy Tejashwi Yadav,” he added.

The BJP workers on Friday staged a protest outside the Bihar Legislative Assembly and observed ‘black day’ to protest the death of Singh. They held up placards inscribed with messages and slogans such as ‘Murderer Nitish government resign’, and ‘Shame on Patna district administration’.

During the protest, BJP MLA Sanjay Singh was marshalled out of Bihar Assembly.

Singh told ANI, “I was condemning yesterday’s incident, was speaking about the