Amid the ongoing protest demanding compensation for land acquired for Chausa thermal plant, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Ashwini Kumar Choubey recited Ramcharitmanas to answer the state Education Minister Chandrashekhar's remark on the holy book.
"The statement will directly benefit BJP. The topic he spoke on is an agenda of BJP. Speaking on BJP's agenda means playing on their pitch. If we play there, who will benefit? BJP," Kushwaha told ANI.
Bihar Education Minister and RJD leader Chandrashekhar's remarks on Ramcharitmanas have created a tussle between two major parties of 'Mahagathbandhan' in Bihar-- Rashtriya Janata Dal and Janata Dal (United).
"I had earlier stated that those who sell Soan papdi and Panipuri don't know the pride of Tamil Nadu. I said this in a meeting. I came to know that many have come from Bihar and I think the Governor (RN Ravi) has similarly come by train," said DMK leader Bharathi.
The inmates of juvenile prison in Bihar's Chapra allegedly stabbed a police security personnel to death on Saturday, Deputy Inspector General (DIG) of Saran Police, Vikas Kumar said.
Prashant Kumar Shahi, a former minister in the Bihar government and senior advocate of the Patna High Court, has been appointed as the advocate general by the state on Friday.
The sadhus and saints of Ayodhya, on Friday burnt the effigy of Bihar Education Minister Chandrasekhar, protesting against his recent comments on Ramcharitmanas. The saints garlanded the effigy with shoes and slippers and then set it on fire.
The NIA said a Bihar-based operative of the banned outfit translated "Jihadi literature from Urdu/Arabic to Hindi" and uploaded it on social media groups for its circulation amongst impressionable Muslims."
The accused fruit seller has been identified as Mohammad Masoom. He was found to have kept the live bombs in a fish container at his residence, they said.
Last year, the CBI had filed an FIR in the "land for railway job" case and named Lalu Yadav, his wife and daughters among several others as accused in the case.