A fresh sexual assault case from Banka district, Bihar has reignited a bitter political confrontation, with RJD leader and Leader of the Opposition Tejashwi Yadav firing a volley of pointed questions at the NDA government on Friday, September 25, 2026 — demanding to know why Bihar's police force only stirs into action after videos go viral.

Posting in Hindi on X, Tejashwi wrote: 'बांका की घटना पर फिर बिहार शर्मसार हुआ' — 'Bihar has been shamed again by the Banka incident.' His post was a cascade of searing rhetorical questions: How many more sisters and daughters will keep facing assault? Why does the police act only after a video goes viral? How many guilty officials have actually been punished? And, most pointedly: why does the social background of the accused determine the standard of punishment?

The viral-video trigger and police inaction charge

The accusation of video-activated policing cuts deep. Opposition figures in Bihar have repeatedly pointed to a pattern where law enforcement remains passive until footage of a crime spreads online and generates public pressure — a dynamic that, if true, means justice is rationed by social media reach rather than the severity of the crime. Tejashwi's post crystallises that frustration into a direct challenge to the Bihar Police and the state's administrative machinery.

The reference to 'the social background of the accused as a yardstick for punishment' is equally charged. Banka, a district in eastern Bihar, sits at the intersection of caste hierarchies that have long shaped how crimes are investigated and prosecuted in the state. The implication — that accused persons from dominant social groups are shielded from swift action — touches a raw nerve in Bihar's political conversation.

Tejashwi targets Samrat Choudhary and NDA leaders by name

Tejashwi reserved his sharpest line for Samrat Choudhary, a senior Bihar NDA politician, and his alliance colleagues — asking why they feel proud of making what he called 'narrow and petty statements' on incidents like these. The naming of Choudhary is deliberate: it personalises the political accountability demand and invites a public response from within the ruling coalition. As of publication, no formal reply from Samrat Choudhary or other NDA leaders had been reported.

The Bihar government, led by the NDA, has not yet issued an official statement on the Banka incident or Tejashwi's questions about the status of action against delinquent officials.

A recurring Bihar flashpoint

This is not a one-off moment. Opposition parties — particularly the RJD — have made women's safety and police accountability a consistent pressure point against the Bihar government, raising similar questions every time a high-profile assault case surfaces. The pattern of viral videos preceding police action has drawn criticism from civil society groups and women's rights advocates alike. Whether the Banka case produces a different outcome — swift arrests, transparent investigation, and action against officials who delayed — is the test Tejashwi is now placing squarely in the public square.

Bihar's political temperature heading into this episode is already high. Every answer the government gives — or declines to give — will be measured against the questions Tejashwi has put on record today.