Shantanu Nandan Sharma / ET
With most of the known bahubalis behind bars, will the forthcoming elections in Bihar be free and fair? Not really. Sample this: till a month ago, about 24,000 criminals in the state were at large despite non-bailable warrants being slapped against them. According to the data available with the Election Commission, nearly 5,000 of the criminals have been apprehended and put in jail in the last one month, but some 19,000 are still on the loose.
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The ruling JD (U) leaders, however, allege that problems may not come so much from the so-called bahubalis or other petty criminals but from the BJP-RSS' well-crafted design to foment communal passion, so as to polarise the society and gain electoral dividends. more
With most of the known bahubalis behind bars, will the forthcoming elections in Bihar be free and fair? Not really. Sample this: till a month ago, about 24,000 criminals in the state were at large despite non-bailable warrants being slapped against them. According to the data available with the Election Commission, nearly 5,000 of the criminals have been apprehended and put in jail in the last one month, but some 19,000 are still on the loose.
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The ruling JD (U) leaders, however, allege that problems may not come so much from the so-called bahubalis or other petty criminals but from the BJP-RSS' well-crafted design to foment communal passion, so as to polarise the society and gain electoral dividends. more
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