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Ahead of completion of 8 years in government, Nitish Kumar's JD(U) has come out with a report card on the status of crime rates in the state and in a surprising revelation the report card suggests that the crime graph in the state has declined tremendously after JD(U) parted ways with BJP.In a way, JD(U) has blamed the saffron party for the deteriorating law and order in the state during Nitish's second tenure. To bolster their claim, JD(U) relied on figures of the National Crime Record Bureau to hit out at BJP.Speaking to indiatoday.in, a Nitish minister Shyam Rajak said, "BJP leaders in Bihar have been alleging that law and order in the state has deteriorated under Nitish's rule after June this year. I feel like laughing. According to NCRB, the crime graph after JD(U) parted ways with BJP has decreased in state. BJP is only trying to fool the people by presenting wrong figures".JD(U) also compared the crime figures of Bihar with Gujarat and other BJP-ruled states to prove that the crime rate in the state was lesser than BJP-ruled states. The allegation is being seen as the Nitish government's attempt to malign Narendra Modi, who claimed that law and order in Gujarat was better than rest of the states.Shyam Rajak said, "Population of BJP-ruled states is much lower than Bihar but the crime graphs in those states are higher than Bihar. In 2012, Gujarat registered almost 4 lakh incidents while Bihar registered only 1.6 lakh despite the higher population".BJP has ridiculed the report and says the disclosures that crime rate has declined after June are baseless. The former ally has challenged Nitish Kumar to arrest people from BJP who were sponsoring crime in the state, failing which he should quit his post.Speaking to indiatoday.in BJP leader Giriraj Singh said, "Nitish should himself have addressed this presser. Why he asked a parrot in his govt to do it? Terror attacks took place during Nitish's regime, after we parted ways. Nitish should reply whether Darbhanga module existed or not because NIA has proved this. Riots never took place in Bihar but after we parted ways, major riots took place. Lalu's regime is returning back now. Nitish's minister does not even know the difference between NIA and NIT. If BJP is behind crime, we challenge them to arrest the guilty or else he should quit".JD(U) & BJP continue to trade charges and Nitish Kumar, it seems, is leaving no stone unturned to show BJP's PM nominee in bad light This fight is only going to get more bitter and murkier as elections draw closer.