Increased Morale Among Criminals: Chirag Paswan's Latest Verbal Broadside Against Bihar Partners
In the run-up to the Bihar Assembly elections, there has been a concerning surge in violent crimes, with a significant increase in the number of reported murders. According to official data, Bihar recorded 1,376 murders between January and June 2025 alone, averaging 229 per month, which is a stark contrast to previous years.
A particularly shocking incident was the daylight shooting inside Paras Hospital in Patna, where armed criminals targeted and killed a hardened criminal, Chandan Mishra, who was out on parole on medical grounds. The brazen attack inside a hospital residential area has once again brought attention to the law and order situation in Bihar's capital, which has been marked by multiple murder cases in the past few weeks.
Union Minister Chirag Paswan and other political leaders have expressed grave concern over the crisis, noting that the morale of criminals is "sky-high" and that the police and administration's response has been inadequate to the scale of the problem. Paswan has questioned the responsibility of the Bihar Police regarding the increasing number of murders and has criticized the Bihar government over the state's crime graph.
DGP Vinay Kumar has stated that measures are being taken to control crime in the state, but the details of new government initiatives in the past few weeks remain limited. The general consensus among observers is that decisive action is urgently needed to curb the rising tide of violence and to ensure safe and peaceful conditions during the election period.
The Bihar government has reportedly planned to intensify police vigilance, crack down on illegal arms manufacturing and trafficking, enhance coordination between police and local administration, conduct special drives against known criminal elements, and implement stricter legal actions and quicker prosecution of offenders. However, the effectiveness of these measures remains to be seen.
Deputy Chief Minister Vijay Sinha has assured that the criminals involved in the hospital shooting will be caught and strictly punished. Yet, the strategy of the police and administration in Bihar, as per Chirag Paswan, is beyond comprehension. The law and order situation in Bihar is a cause for concern, and political leaders emphasize the urgent need for the state administration to bring the situation under control with firm policing and administrative strategies ahead of the 2025 Assembly elections.
The recent surge in violent crimes, particularly the daylight shooting inside Paras Hospital in Patna, has ignited discussions about the law and order situation in Bihar, often a subject of political debate. Union Minister Chirag Paswan and other leaders have raised concerns about the increasing number of murders, questioning the Bihar Police's response and criticizing the Bihar government for inadequate policies and legislation to tackle crime.
