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Modi Unveils Rs 7,196 Crore Projects in Bihar as Maharashtra Assembly Brawl Yields Arrests

Opposition parties are challenging BJP-JD(U) law-and-order credentials by citing last week's Motihari sugar mill promise row alongside a deadly hospital assassination.

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Overview

  • On July 18, Prime Minister Modi dedicated development projects worth Rs 7,196 crore in Motihari, marking his sixth visit to Bihar this year.
  • Congress MP Akhilesh Prasad Singh questioned Modi’s unfulfilled 2014–15 sugar mill reactivation promise and highlighted over 300% increases in killings, over 250% in crimes against women and over 280% in crimes against children under two decades of BJP-JD(U) rule.
  • In Patna, five gunmen assassinated a parole patient at Paras Hospital on July 17, prompting police to arrest one suspect and launch nationwide raids for the others.
  • In Maharashtra Vidhan Bhavan on July 17, supporters of NCP (SP) MLA Jitendra Awhad and BJP MLA Gopichand Padalkar clashed, leading to the arrest of two individuals under charges including unlawful assembly and assault.
  • Assembly Speaker Rahul Narvekar tightened visitor access rules, Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis condemned the violence, and opposition leaders have called for President’s rule over alleged criminalization of politics.