Use bulldozers against BJP leaders in Bihar: CPI

The BJP’s ‘Ashvamedha yajna’ has hit a roadblock in Bihar, the very land where Advani’s Rath Yatra was stopped, says Atul Anjan.

The Communist Party of India (CPI) has asked the Mahagathbandhan government in Bihar, which it is supporting from outside, to use bulldozers against leaders of the Bharatiya Janata Party in the State.

CPI national secretary, Atul Anjan also demanded that a "white paper" on the "ill-gotten" wealth of BJP leaders in the state be brought out to debunk the notion that "only other parties are corrupt".

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“Let (CM) Nitish Kumar and (deputy CM) Tejashwi Prasad instruct officials concerned to identify and raze structures belonging to BJP leaders which are found to be encroaching upon public land. Bulldozers should now be used against the party,” he told reporters on Friday.

"If Nitish and Tejashwi baulk, we will take it as a lack of moral courage (naitik saahas) on their part," said Mr. Anjan.

The CPI leader said his party was still open to joining the Cabinet in the State, unlike other Left parties -- the CPI(ML) and CPI(M) which have ruled out such a possibility.

"But we have received no offer so far. And we do not want ministerial berths at the cost of unity among alliance partners," he said.