By Rahil Nora Chopra
Political temperature is in Bihar soaring high, as the Revenue and Land Reforms Department of the Nitish Kumar-led government conducts a land survey, covering 45,000 villages across the state. Former Deputy CM and RJD leader Tejashwi Yadav is trying to draw political capital out of the problems being faced by the masses, such as bribe offer to officials. Political consultant Prashant Kishor, too, is calling out corruption of land officials in arranging and verifying documents, including in verifying khatiyan (records of rights). Even NDA ally and Hindustani Awam Morcha (Secular) chief Jitan Ram Manjhi cautioned Nitish about the growing complaints of corruption against land officials. With Nitish pertinent on his decision, BJP fears backlash from backward communities ahead of the state elections and they are making every effort to calm down the public's exasperation in the state.
