Seeking to clarify his Patna-more- murder-prone-than-J&K remarks, Governor Satya Pal Malik Monday said his statement was projected “wrongly” as Bihar had zero tolerance to crime.
Terming Bihar as repository of skill and agriculture under Nitish Kumar, Malik said the chief ministers of other states should follow the development model enacted by their Bihar counterpart.
“Nitish Kumar (Bihar CM) has zero tolerance to crime. Top criminals and Mafiosi have been eliminated by his government. Nitish does not tolerate even a leader involved in any crime. His track record speaks for itself,” Malik said at Raj Bhawan here.
Governor was replying to a query about his reported remarks that J&K is like any other state and Patna records more murders a day than J&K does.PTI
“My comment was projected in wrong sense. It was wrong. My point was that most of the big cities in eastern India have crime rates due to personal rivalries. It is not so in Kashmir,” he said.
Malik said no chief minister or any government functionary can be held responsible for crimes committed out of rivalries
“Bihar has the honour to have such a CM from whom the rest of chief ministers should take lessons. He has zero tolerance to crime,” he added.
Former J&K chief minister Omar Abdullah had also taken a dig Tuesday at Governor Malik over his reported remarks that J&K is like any other state and Patna records more murders in a day than J&K does.
“To say Jammu and Kashmir is like any other state is wrong. If this governor, who has been Bihar’s governor earlier, says it, Nitish Kumar has to clarify,” Omar had said.