Bihar

"I believe in law and the Constitution and served a jail term of more than 15 years without any complaint. If you want to know more about me, ask Naveen Patnaik and George Fernandez. Have always fought for principles. When my wife was an MP, she was asked for a CBI probe in the G. Krishnaiah death case. She had said that if her husband was guilty, hang him," Anand Mohan said.

A. Rahman Momin, a native of Bhojpur who retired from the post of Inspector General of Police (IGP) and was a 2000 batch IPS officer, said: "I am having family responsibilities and I am taking care of it. I never joined any political party in my life. As far as Jan Suraaj is concerned, its members are approaching retired police officers like me but I did not go there to join Jan Suraaj. When I did not join Jan Suraaj, how could they include my name and also publish the same in newspapers. Such things are not acceptable."

Asked about Shastri's Patna visit, Singh said: "Who is Baba Bageshwar? I have no knowledge about him. I don't know any Bageshwar Baba." The statement of Singh, the MP from Arrah, at a function in his home town Arrah to lay the foundation stone for 220/132 KV powergrid sub-station, shocked everyone present at that place. Considered close to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Home Minister Amit Shah and Road Transport Minister Nitin Gadkari, Singh's response seems to indicate that he is not pleased with the Hindutva agenda of the BJP in Bihar.

He will also go to Mumbai to meet leaders of the Maha Vikas Aghadi, including NCP chief Sharad Pawar and Shiv Sena-UBT chief and former Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray on May 11. JD-U national President Lalan Singh said that Nitish Kumar has telephonic conversations with these three leaders and he is going there for the meeting. JD-U national President Lalan Singh said that Nitish Kumar has telephonic conversations with these three leaders and he is going there for the meeting.

"The Bihar government has failed to make solid arguments in the court. The Nitish Kumar government is failing to do any work in the state. Nitish Kumar has become a victim of memory loss. He is a Chief Minister who only believes in drama," Chaudhary said.

Earlier, on April 11, he went to Delhi and met the Congress top brass, including party leader Rahul Gandhi and president Mallikarjun Kharge. He also met Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal, and Left leaders, D. Raja and Sitaram Yechuri. On April 24, Nitish Kumar met West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Benerjee and former Uttar Pradesh chief minister Akhilesh Yadav.

Shastri, the chief of Bageshwar Dham, a pilgrimage site in Madhya Pradesh's Chhatarpur district, is scheduled to be in Patna from May 13-17 for a religious programme in the Naubatpur locality. "The organisers of the event had applied for space in Gandhi Maidan, which the district administration refused. The state government led by Nitish Kumar gave space to the Muslim community for prayers during EID, but it has denied space to a Hindu saint in Gandhi Maidan," Singh said.

"The organisers of the event had applied for space in Gandhi Maidan, which the district administration refused. The state government led by Nitish Kumar gave space to the Muslim community for prayers during EID, but it has denied space to a Hindu saint in Gandhi Maidan," Giriraj Singh said.

The campaign begins on Wednesday from the Magadh division headquarter, Gaya with a rally in city's Gandhi Maidan. "We will organise such rallies in every division in the state. It is starting from Magadh division headquarter Gaya on Wednesday. Our leader Chirag Paswan will address the rally in Gandhi Maidan and point out the ill policies of the Bihar government. We have given the slogan Nitish Bhagaye, Chirag Apnaye, Bihar Bachaye," said Pankaj Kumar Singh, the LJPR leader.

In an statement, the New Delhi-based Association said that a convict of the charge of murder of a public servant on duty cannot be reclassified to less heinous category. Amendment of an existing classification which led to release of convicted killer of a public servant on duty is tantamount to denial of justice, it said, contending that such dilution leads to impunity erosion in the morale of public servants, undermines public order, and makes a mockery of the administration of justice.