The BJP has slammed Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar over “VIP tradition” within the State after a video clip emerged on social media during which an ambulance carrying a affected person was purportedly stopped when his cavalcade was passing by way of Marine Drive in Patna.
Mr. Kumar, together with Deputy Chief Minister Tejashwi Prasad Yadav, was inspecting the continuing work of the proposed extension and beautification of JP Ganga Path, also called Marine Drive, on Monday. The cavalcade was passing by way of Gai Ghat when the incident occurred.
The ambulance, carrying the affected person who was about to be admitted within the emergency ward, was stopped by the aspect of the street by the visitors police. Within the 33-second video, the affected person’s family have been seen crying contained in the ambulance.
Sharing the video on X, BJP IT cell head Amit Malviya stated, “Have a look at the insensitivity of Nitish Kumar who’s dreaming of changing into the prime minister. They’ll put somebody’s life at stake in order that the velocity of their convoy doesn’t decelerate. On a number of events, Modi ji has stopped his convoy in addition to roadshows to present passage to the ambulance and Nitish Babu didn’t take into consideration the members of the family crying within the ambulance. That is the reality of the boastful coalition of corrupt and insensitive individuals. Shameful.”
Bihar BJP spokesperson Nikhil Anand too reacted to the incident, terming it VIP tradition. He additionally requested him to be delicate in direction of the individuals’s trigger.
“Any VIP should be delicate in direction of the individuals’s trigger. The aggrieved citizen should be given secure passage and precedence. Nevertheless, the Bihar CM was given secure passage to move by and an ambulance carrying a critical affected person was stopped. It reveals the sorry state of affairs, the VIP tradition being adopted by Nitish Kumar. The police and administration should be delicate. The Chief Minister can wait and the affected person within the ambulance should be taken to the hospital on precedence foundation. It has change into an everyday phenomenon in Bihar when visitors is totally stopped and a giant drama takes place on the street when any minister and Chief Minister passes by way of, “ he stated.
Andhra Pradesh BJP normal secretary Vishnu Vardhan Reddy has additionally posted the video saying, “Ambulance is stopped, a affected person is combating for all times, members of the family are crying, all as a result of Shahenshah-e-Bihar Nitish Kumar is passing by. Disgrace!!”
Reacting on the incident, Janata Dal (United) MLC and spokesperson of the celebration Neeraj Kumar stated that regulation will take its personal course.
“Such incident mustn’t occur and I’m certain that even Nitish ji was not privy to it. Had Nitish ji identified that an ambulance was stopped, he would have absolutely given precedence to the ambulance carrying the affected person. He’s a really delicate chief and strict motion could be taken in opposition to the accountable officers whoever was deputed on obligation yesterday at Marine Drive,” he stated.