All India Majilis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) chief Asaduddin Owaisi on Monday stepped up his attack on Bihar chief minister Nitish Kumar after police said the communal violence during Ram Navami was well planned, asking why the state government “was sleeping”.
“Last time I talked about the incident, I had given a statement saying it was certainly pre-planned. When it was pre-planned why were you sleeping?” Owaisi said, calling it a complete failure of the state government.

He also asked how the incident was repeated on April 1.

“You gave permission for the procession, and in front of the police a madrassa was burnt and the police were mere spectators to it,” Owaisi alleged.

“After the violence, there is no talk of compensation nor suspension of policemen, instead, you are holding iftar parties and having fun eating khajur (dates),” the AIMIM MP added.