Patna, (Bihar Times): Coming down heavily on the the police barbarity in Kahalgaon in Bhagalpur district railway minister, Lalu Prasad Yadav, wondered as to why the Nitish government is blaming the Centre for the power crisis in Bihar when it had, before coming to power in the state, promised to produce electricity within no time. Where has all the plan to produce power gone? he asked while talking to newsmen in Patna on Saturday.

He denied that the state government had ever approached the Centre for power and said that the electricity could have been bought from neighbouring states too. He said that during his 15 years rule never had five people been killed by police just because they were demanding power.

Terming the judicial probe as an eye-wash he said that nothing would come out of it. This government only believes in suppressing the genuine demand of the people.

Meanwhile, the Rashtriya Janata Dal is observing Black Day on Sunday in protest against the killing of five people in two days of violence in Bhagalpur.