'After 5pm it was dangerous to step out': BJP's Maithili Thakur likens pre-2005 Bihar to ‘Dhritarashtra’s Hastinapur’
BJP MLA Maithili Thakur, in her maiden Bihar Assembly speech, drew parallels from the Mahabharata to criticize the pre-2005 RJD regime, likening it to Dhritarashtra's rule and calling it 'jungle raj'. She praised Chief Minister Nitish Kumar's tenure as Dharmaraj Yudhishthira's just rule, highlighting improvements in law and order and the success of the bicycle scheme for schoolgirls.
