Bihar Home Minister Samrat Choudhary
By Neeraj Kumar
Patna: Law and order has remained a major challenge for Bihar, and the state government has adopted a firm stance on crime control. Home Minister Samrat Choudhary has been holding continuous meetings with senior officials to ensure good governance in the state. He has made it clear that those involved in criminal activities will have no place in Bihar.
“Criminals are already fleeing Bihar. Those who are still here will be forced to leave the state within the next three months. Bihar needs good governance,” Choudhary said.
The Deputy Chief Minister was speaking at a programme organised at Vidyapati Bhawan in Patna on the death anniversary of Captain Jai Narayan Nishad. On the occasion, Choudhary described Captain Nishad as a messiah of the backward classes and announced that a life-size statue would be installed in his honour. During the event, he also issued a stern warning to criminals.
Choudhary said his sole remaining task was to “clean up the garbage”, a remark aimed at sand mafias, liquor mafias and organised criminal gangs. He said the government has prepared a comprehensive strategy against such groups and that the process of seizing illegally acquired assets is already underway. More than 1,500 mafias have been identified, and action has begun against over 350 of them. The government is preparing to confiscate the properties of key crime syndicate leaders in the coming days.
For the first time, the BJP has been entrusted with the Home Ministry in Bihar, with Samrat Choudhary taking charge of the department. He bears a significant responsibility and has been consistently formulating plans at the police headquarters to curb crime. Organised criminal gangs figure prominently among his top priorities.
In recent days, several of Choudhary’s statements on crime control have made headlines. During the election campaign as well, he had made strong promises on law and order, stating, “Those who fled survived; those who did not will be driven out within three months.” He had also warned that criminals who remain in Bihar would meet a grim fate.
The Home Minister has indicated strict action against land, sand and other mafias, as well as notorious criminals, with speedy trials and punishment to follow. He has also courted attention over remarks on the use of bulldozers, reiterating that Bihar is no longer a safe haven for criminals.
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