Bharatiya Janata Party leader Ravi Shankar Prasad strongly criticised the Bihar government, headed by Chief Minister Nitish Kumar, for the lathi-charge during the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) march in Patna on July 13 and called it a revenge on the party workers for asking resignation from Deputy Chief Minister Tejashwi Yadav. “I just met the female BJP workers. Is this how women are thrashed by the Police? What is the meaning of this? Some suffered fractures, while some have injuries on their heads. Are these women criminals? I have been ‘lathi-charged’. I have gone to jail during the JP Movement. Are political workers attacked like this, that too women? This is very unfortunate and painful. I condemn this. CM Nitish will have to give answers. Have barricades not been broken by other political party workers before?” he said. “They wanted revenge on the BJP workers for asking resignation from Deputy CM Tejashwi Yadav,” added Ravi Shankar Prasad.