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'Cause For Concern, But No Jungle Raj': Bihar MP On Groping Shocker

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Vaibhav Tiwari
'Cause For Concern, But No Jungle Raj': Bihar MP On Groping Shocker
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A Lok Janshakti Party MP addressed a viral video showing the molestation of a student in Jamui, Bihar, condemning the act while rejecting opposition claims of 'jungle raj'. Police have arrested three suspects and are continuing their investigation.

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The incident has sparked a political debate regarding law and order in Bihar and the effectiveness of the current administration's response to gender-based violence.

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Lok Janshakti Party (Ram Vilas) MP from Jamui, Arun Bharti, has called the molestation of a Class 10 student in his constituency a cause for concern. But he refuted the Opposition's charge that the incident proved jungle raj exists in Bihar. To drive his point home, he contrasted the speed of police action in this case under the National Democratic Alliance government with the alleged lawlessness during the opposing parties' rule. "The criminals used to hide in the chief minister's own house," he claimed, without naming anyone or any party but alluding to the Rashtriya Janata Dal rule before 2005."Let me tell you, as soon as the incident came to our attention and the district administration's attention today, we have been on course to make sure that the culprits are brought to justice," he told Executive Editor Ankit Tyagi.He said the police themselves took note of the viral video showing…

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