INDIA bloc leaders on Saturday staged protest marches across Bihar, citing deteriorating law and order situation.

Leaders from the RJD, Congress, CPI-ML (Liberation), CPI(M) and other Opposition parties took part in the protest march from Income Tax Crossing to Dak Bungalow Crossing in Patna chanting anti-government slogans.

Akhilesh Prasad Singh, president of Bihar Pradesh Congress Committee, told reporters: “The state is plagued by daily incidents of murder, rape, kidnapping, extortion, and abduction. Why is Kumar (Nitish) silent on this issue? People of Bihar will not tolerate this and will give a befitting reply to the NDA in the 2025 assembly polls ”

In response to the Opposition’s claims, senior BJP leader and Bihar deputy chief minister Samrat Choudhary remarked: “When RJD leader Lalu Prasad was chief minister, his residence became the hub for criminal gangs. This is no longer the case under the Nitish Kumar government.”