CPI(ML) General Secretary Dipankar Bhattacharya on Tuesday launched a sharp attack on the BJP–JDU government in Bihar, questioning its silence over “serious and sensational” corruption allegations against ministers and officials, including those recently made by political strategist-turned-activist Prashant Kishor.
Addressing a press conference in Patna on September 30, Dipankar Bhattacharya said institutional corruption has reached alarming levels in Bihar. “No work happens without bribes. The CAG has already said that the state government has failed to account for Rs 70,000 crore. Till today there has been no answer,” he said.
He pointed out that Kishor’s latest charges against top ministers have gone unanswered. “There was a time when Nitish Kumar would himself come forward, even break alliances over corruption. But today, when leaders like Samrat Choudhary and Ashok Choudhary face grave charges, both the Chief Minister and his party are silent. The people of Bihar want to know the truth,” Dipankar Bhattacharya said.
Raising questions over Kishor’s own admission of earning Rs 240 crore in the past three years from consultancy, Bhattacharya asked: “His last election management was Bengal 2021. Since then, he has been building his party in Bihar. Who has he advised in these years? Was this money linked to the BJP’s 2024 campaign? What kind of companies are paying him such sums?” He also linked Kishor’s name to the Pirpainti land allotment, where 1,050 acres have been handed to the Adani group at one rupee per acre annually.
Dipankar Bhattacharya demanded that Kishor disclose clearly which parties and companies have paid him, and for what purpose. “Otherwise, this only generates sensation and diverts attention from the real issues of the Bihar Assembly elections, unemployment, migration, debt, crime, poverty and education. Elections are not for sensationalism. This election is for changing the government and changing Bihar,” he asserted.
