There is a mention in the governor's address that the government is advancing towards an egalitarian society. The latter document mentions that inequity is increasing. According to finance ministry figures, 40.80% of the population was below the poverty line in 1987-88, which today stands at 56%. Likewise, the governor's address mentions the work on the pucca construction of rural roads, improvement in the power sector, power transmission and providing electricity free of cost to the poor, is taking place at a fast pace. But the finance department figures show that in the last 10 years no new power generation unit has been set up in the state. Further, the document mentions that for many years the work of rural electrification has stopped. (Interruptions from the treasury benches) Here I would like to mention an all-party meeting that the government had organised in October last which was attended by the finance secretary, the important ministers of the government and leaders of various parties. The government didn't want to pay the salaries of the government employees, so the finance secretary issued a document that the financial position of the government was going from bad to worse. That is why the government was in no position to incur additional expenditures. But since the people of Bihar have to be kept contended so in this report they have presented a rosy picture that in the field of education, on the power front, on the Indira Awas Yojana front, etc. we have made a lot of progress. I want to tell you with all humility that this is the highest elected body in the state and from this paramount house an unified message should go the people of Bihar and not any message that is contradictory.

Now I will like to draw the attention of the house to my second point. (Interruptions from the treasury benches) On the question of social justice and secularism this government mobilised the people and this was made the primary agenda with the people. But if looked from a different context, we find that the social and political forces against which this government declared these agendas and mobilised the masses, have gained in strength inspite of all that the government did.

Deputy Speaker sir, I would like to draw the attention of the house to another interesting fact. Whatever the BJP might say about corruption in the RJD and in turn whatever the RJD might say about social justice, but social justice is one issue over which the relation between the main opposition party and the ruling party is not one of conflict but of partnership. Sir, the governor's address fails to mention the Bathe massacre while the President of the country calls it a national shame. Our leaders in the opposition too don't convey this truth to the people. What is the reason? It is the same reason which is helping BJP advance today.

The third thing I want to make is that Shri Patel and Shri Sushil Kumar Modi have said big and interesting things about democracy. But take a look at the mirror of their practice and you will know the truth. Sir, the CPI(ML)'s candidate for the assembly elections was recently killed in Buxar. He was also the secretary of the Party there. Even the Superintendent of Police calls it a political murder. But these two parties have yet to condemn the killing. What kind of democracy do they want to establish with this ominous silence? What kind of social justice will the ruling party talk about in this case?

In the ruling party's manifesto, lots of high-sounding things have been said about tackling terrorism. Being in the government you have the duty of maintaining the law and order situation. You are also a political party. A political party that gave the slogan of social justice because it was thought that the forces of social injustice dominate in the state. But in this document of yours there is no mention of the fight against social injustice. There is no mention about the role of police in fighting the forces of social injustice.

Deputy speaker sir, this government is commending itself for something over which our heads should hang in shame. It claims that the examinations are now being conducted peacefully, that it has stopped cheating. But why doesn't the government mention that in the last three years the pass percentage has been a mere 10-15%? This a shameful thing indeed.
You have talked about increasing resources for the police but whenever there is a massacre, the captains of your police force lodge in district headquarters and the station officers are sent to the spot. Unfortunately, even if the station officer manages a jeep, that too has to be pushed along! And you claim to have increased the resources for the police. Whom are you trying to fool? Yourself or the people of Bihar?

You have claimed that corruption is increasing and that you want to curb it. In this context I want to mention two things. You claim to be committed to the weaker sections of society. In Bagodar block of Giridih district, there was a case filed in 1995 against the BDO for siphoning off funds meant for Indira Awas Yojana. But he has not been arrested till now and no action whatsoever has been initiated against him. The reason cited for this by the Captain of your police force is that the name of the father of the BDO has yet not been known. There are about 255 IAS and IPS officers in the state against whom the vigilance department is conducting enquiries. All of them play a central role in the bureaucracy. Why don't you absolve those who are innocent and save them some mental agony and indict those who are guilty?