Patna, July 26 -- Taking a swipe at a Nitish Kumar-led Bihar government, Union Minister and Lok Janshakti Party (Ram Vilas) president, Chirag Paswan, on Saturday said that he is "saddened to support such a government," which is not able to curtail the rising crime rate.

The union minister said that he does believe that reports of incidents of rising crimes such as murders, looting and more are a "conspiracy" to defame the government ahead of the assembly elections, he also said that the responsibility ultimately lies with the state government itself to control law and order.

"I also believe that these incidents are being carried out as a conspiracy to defame the government ahead of elections. But even then, the responsibility of control...