There are however talks that Sushil Modi may be moved to the centre. There is Rajya Sabha seat vacated in Bihar after Ram Vilas Paswan’s demise.
3. Communal Riots
In 2017, communal riots occurred in many places in Bihar. Statistics from the National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB) show that that year Bihar was the first in the country in terms of riots. Statistics show that in 2017, there were a total of 58,729 riots across the country of which 11,698 incidents were recorded in Bihar alone. If we talk about communal riots, then in 2017, there were a total of 723 communal riots in the country of which 163 occurred in Bihar. Bihar topped the country in this matter.
Similarly, incidents of communal violence occurred in Bhagalpur, Aurangabad, Samastipur, Munger, Sheikhpura, Nalanda and Nawada in March-April 2018. The opposition was targeting Nitish Kumar, but Sushil Modi also stood there as a shield. On the allegations of RJD leader Tejashwir Yadav, Modi said that for the situation to become normal in the state, Tejashwi Yadav is not discharging his role properly.
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