Chirag fires salvo at Nitish before joining Bihar politics

ON the verge of joining Bihar politics, Union minister and Lok Janshakti Party (Ram Vilas) chief Chirag Paswan on Wednesday fired a salvo at the Nitish Kumar government over a young girl's death after she was deprived of immediate treatment at a government hospital in Patna.

- RAMASHANKAR @Patna

In a letter to the chief minister, Paswan said the incident reflected poorly on the government's inadequate health infrastructure.

The girl, who hailed from Muzaffarpur district, waited for hours in an ambulance at the government-run Patna Medical College and Hospital (PMCH) and died because of delayed treatment. The victim's family alleged hospital indifference caused her death.

Paswan said, "The heart-rending incident of Dalit girl's rape and murder exposes the failure of Bihar's law and order, social awareness and public health."