Overview

• On June 4, Union Minister Chirag Paswan wrote to Chief Minister Nitish Kumar calling for a high-level judicial inquiry after the Muzaffarpur rape-murder exposed lapses in Bihar’s law enforcement.
• Paswan alleged that the nine-year-old Dalit girl waited over six hours in a PMCH ambulance without treatment before dying on June 1, calling the hospital’s actions a crime against humanity.
• The Bihar health department suspended two senior Patna Medical College and Hospital officials on June 2 and launched a formal probe into claims of gross negligence.
• Opposition parties RJD and Congress have demanded the resignation of Health Minister Mangal Pandey and urged strict action against both the perpetrators and negligent healthcare staff.
• Paswan’s letter has intensified tensions within the NDA alliance ahead of the state assembly elections as he positions himself as a critic of Nitish Kumar’s administration.