Bihar poll results will have effect on Centre: Babulal Marandi

Jamshedpur Former Jharkhand Chief Minister Babulal Marandi yesterday claimed that the outcome of the Bihar assembly poll would certainly have an impact on the Union Government which has miserably failed to deliver on all front during its 17month tenureThe outcome of the Bihar poll in favour of Grand Alliance of JDU RJD and Congress will certainly have an impact on the Union Government Marandi who is also thePresident of Jharkhand Vikas Morcha Prajatantrik told newsmen here tonightBihar is an important state and BJP has involved its entire cabinet for campaigning Hence the impact on the government was certain in case the BJPled coalition lost as predicted by majority of the postpoll surveys Marandi saidMarandi regretted that the election campaigning in Bihar turned out to be at the lowest level ever including the language that too from a party like BJP Marandi said he was once part of BJP and listened to the speeches of BJP senior leaders such as former Prime Minister Atal Bihar Vajpayee L K Advani etc who had maintained the decorum of the campaigningBJP had lost majority of the seats wherever Modi had campaigned in the last assembly polls in Jharkhand he said citing example of Jermundi in Dumka Chaibasa in West Singhbhum Chandwa in Latehar Referring to the postpoll surveys regarding Bihar poll Marandi expressed confidence that Nitish Kumarheaded dispensation of Grand Alliance will be formed with a majorityTurning to Jharkhand Marandi said while corruption in the state has shot up the law and order situation was in bad shape during the last tenmonth rule of Chief Minister Raghuvar Das Criminal activities in the state has recorded increase by 35 per cent during the last ten month of Das regime he alleged adding development was on reverse gear ever since the BJP government came to powerNo work in the state would be done unless one would pay levy to the officials Naxals he alleged adding that the state was running on manage system Marandi said three IAS officers were deputed on dual charge including in Jharkhand Bhawan in Delhi which could be well managed by a officer of Deputy Collector rankSimilarly assuring to provide employment to about 514 innocent persons mostly tribals the senior most police officers had made them to surrender after branding them naxals in the state only to earn accolades but the government had forced to release them only after a lawyer had filed a PIL in Jharkhand High CourtClaiming that these are all instances of corruption Marandi demanded a judicial enquiry by a sitting judge of Jharkhan High Court to punish the guilty The court also gave a verdict in favour of Jafar and removed section 494 from the FIR as being a Muslim he is governed by the Muslim Personal Law which allows him tohave more than one wife and not under the IPCIn view of the above so far as the offfence punishable under Section 494 of IPC is concerned I am left with no other option but to accept the submission that Jafar cannot be prosecuted for the offence punishable under Section 494 of IPC To this extent the petition will have to be allowed and is accordingly allowed stated the order