Nitish Kumar and his officials maintain that Bihar has one of the lowest crime rates in India. Bihar police crime data indicates otherwise.
'Our priority will be to settle land disputes in Bihar, which I believe is the root cause of almost all crime in the state.'
The scam has offered Lalu Prasad an opportunity to point fingers at Nitish Kumar and Sushil Kumar Modi.
'This is the first time since Independence that we are facing such a despairing situation.'
But he doesn't want to shut the door completely on the Yadav family as that could create problems for him in 2019.
The crisis will strengthen Nitish Kumar's position as Lalu's troubles erodes his bargaining power within the ruling coalition in Bihar.
'Nitish Kumar thinks the matter will keep Lalu in check and that he will remain in power without any challenge from the RJD.'
The so-called soil scam has left Lalu alone in the Mahagathbandhan.
The state government has introduced a new, more stringent law by which offenders could be jailed for up to seven years and make them poorer by Rs 1 lakh to Rs 10 lakh.
For the moment, Siwan is once again Shahabuddin's home.
Prohibition is resulting in prisons getting overcrowded.
Year after year, floods cause mayhem in Bihar but the government is not paying adequate attention to water management.
On Monday, August 29, a court in Saran, Bihar, sentenced the headmistress of the school where 23 children died after eating a mid-day meal to 17 years in prison. Three years after that tragedy, discovers Satyavrat Mishra, the state government has failed to learn its lessons.
Incentives for industries have been rolled back and teachers have gone without salary for months as the state grapples with the after-effects of the ban
From Narendra Modi's victory in 2014 to the Nitish-Lalu triumph in 2015 and delivering Assam to the BJP in 2016, young and very professional strategists have startled politicians and the media.
The reputation of Bihar's schools has taken a knock. Satyavrat Mishra explains how a student-teacher nexus has gamed the system to produce toppers by the dozen.
An inchoate anger is brewing within the party against the central leadership after the poor show in the assembly polls.
The government is banking on help from regional parties and rejigged numbers in the Rajya Sabha.
After the party's near washout in assembly polls, the demand for a overhaul is growing with spokesman Abhishek Singhvi arguing for younger state leaders.
Rampant crime challenges the chief minister's promise to maintain law and order. But some say there are other forces at play.
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