Hyderabad, July 13 -- If a top health-hub tycoon of Bihar is gunned down outside his house just a stone's throw from the sprawling bungalow of Chief Justice of Patna High Court and High Court Club than there is justification for the opposition parties to call it a real 'Jungle Raj' in the state.

After all, this observation was first made by the Patna High Court on August 5, 1997, on the poor civic condition in Patna. The remarks came just a week after Rabri Devi became the chief minister following the surrender of her husband Lalu Prasad Yadav in the fodder scam case.

Though it had nothing to do with the law and order situation, yet the Bharatiya Janata Party (then in opposition) would always use this expression after every incident of ...