A sharp broadside from the Bihar opposition landed on Thursday, September 24, 2026, as RJD leader Tejashwi Yadav accused the state's Chief Minister — whom he described as a person facing charges in seven murder cases — of effectively counselling criminals to commit crimes quietly and avoid filming them, so that protecting them becomes easier. The attack was pointed, personal, and calculated to sting.

The jibe at Bihar's CM and what it alleges

In a Hindi post on X, Tejashwi wrote — translated from the original — that Bihar's Chief Minister, who himself faces allegations in seven murder cases, is now reportedly telling criminals: 'chupchap apradh karo yaar lekin reel aur video mat banao' ('just commit crimes quietly, friends, but don't make reels and videos — it makes it harder for me to protect you'). The framing is satirical but the accusation is unambiguous: that the state's top office shields offenders.

He went further, alleging that Bihar Police acts against criminals only when public pressure mounts after a video goes viral — and that absent such pressure, the force is in collusion with the accused. 'Bihar is running on God's mercy,' he wrote, adding that 'mafia, using systems and machinery to loot democracy, are busy robbing the public of both their money and honour.'

The pattern: viral videos as political ammunition in Bihar

This is not a one-off volley. Bihar's political landscape has long featured opposition leaders using social media crime footage to press the ruling alliance on law-and-order failures. The Rashtriya Janata Dal, founded by Lalu Prasad Yadav, spent years in opposition hearing the phrase 'jungle raj' deployed against its own tenure — a label Nitish Kumar's government adopted after winning in 2005 on a promise to restore order in the state.

Now the wheel has turned. RJD leaders have made a habit of surfacing viral crime clips to allege selective enforcement and official complicity. The formula is consistent: a video spreads, police move only after public outrage, and the opposition frames the delay as proof of deeper rot. Tejashwi's post fits that template — but the specific sharpness of the 'seven murders' framing and the direct impersonation of the CM's alleged logic gives it an edge.

What makes this moment matter

The post arrives with the Bihar assembly session on the horizon and with electoral calculations never far from view in a state that swings national politics. Law-and-order is among the top concerns Bihar voters consistently cite — making any credible narrative of police-criminal collusion a live political liability for the ruling side.

No official response from the Bihar Chief Minister's office or police headquarters had emerged at the time of publication. The ball is now in the government's court: silence will be read as confirmation by the opposition, a rebuttal will demand specifics the government may find uncomfortable to provide.