The JD(U) has distanced itself from controversial remarks made by Assam BJP minister Ashok Singhal following the NDA victory in Bihar, seen as hinting at the 1989 Bhagalpur riots in the state.

On the afternoon of November 14, while the Bihar Assembly poll results were trickling in, Singhal, who holds the portfolios of Minister of Health & Family Welfare and of Irrigation in Assam, posted on his X handle: “Bihar approves gobi farming.” The post was seen as a reference to the Bhagalpur riots and a bid to conceal evidence regarding the massacre of Muslims in Logain village.

JD(U) chief spokesperson Neeraj Kumar told The Indian Express : “Though the one-line X post by Singhal does not explain any context, let us make it clear that 14 people were convicted in the 1989 Bhagalpur riots case o

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