RJD leader Tejashwi Yadav, Leader of the Opposition in the Bihar Legislative Assembly, launched a sharp attack on the NDA government in Bihar on Monday, 13 July 2026, accusing it of presiding over a complete breakdown of law and order in the state, with murders, rapes, kidnappings, and robberies going unchecked.

Context

In his post, Tejashwi wrote: 'बिहार की क़ानून व्यवस्था बदहाल है' ('Bihar's law and order is in a shambles'). He alleged that students, youth, traders, ordinary citizens, and women are being murdered in broad daylight, and that the government refuses to acknowledge its failures. He described the alleged nexus between police and criminals as a 'नासूर' — a festering wound — for the people of Bihar.

Tejashwi went further, directly naming the ruling alliance: 'The NDA leaders, police, and mafias are in a pact, busy and content with corruption and liquor smuggling. No one cares about the rule of law.' The post was accompanied by four images, which appear to reference specific incidents, though the exact incidents depicted could not be independently verified.

Policy Backdrop

The charge of a police-criminal nexus in Bihar has been a recurring feature of opposition politics in the state for over two decades. When Chief Minister Nitish Kumar first came to power in 2005, his government's stated mission was to restore law and order after what the NDA then characterised as the governance failures of the preceding RJD regime led by Lalu Prasad Yadav.

The tables have now turned in the opposition's framing. The Bihar liquor prohibition, introduced by Nitish Kumar in 2016, has itself become a flashpoint — with the opposition repeatedly alleging that prohibition has spawned a large and politically protected liquor-smuggling network rather than eliminating alcohol consumption. Tejashwi's reference to 'liquor smuggling' squarely targets this policy's implementation record.

Law and order was also a central battleground in the 2020 Bihar assembly elections, when the Mahagathbandhan — the grand alliance led by RJD — made crime statistics a key campaign issue. The current attack follows that established political playbook, intensifying pressure on the Nitish Kumar-led NDA coalition.

Stakeholders and Impact

Tejashwi's post specifically names vulnerable groups — students, youth, traders, women, and ordinary citizens — as victims of the alleged governance failure. This framing is deliberate: it broadens the political appeal of the charge beyond any single community and positions the RJD as a voice for all Biharis.

For the Bihar Police, the allegation of a 'pact' with criminals is a serious reputational challenge. The state government and police headquarters have not yet issued a formal response to the post. Traders' and residents' groups in Bihar have periodically raised concerns about organised crime, lending some civic resonance to the opposition's narrative.

What's Next

The immediate political question is whether the Bihar government or the ruling NDA will issue a rebuttal, and whether official crime data — from the state home department or the National Crime Records Bureau — will be cited by either side to support their respective positions. Assembly debates on the home department's budget allocation are a natural arena where these charges are likely to be pressed further.

With Bihar's political cycle always simmering, sustained opposition pressure on law and order could shape the agenda in the legislative assembly and on the campaign trail. The RJD's ability to sustain this narrative with documented incidents will determine how much political traction this attack ultimately gains.