Bihar Minister Defends Police Encounter, Accuses Opposition of Misleading Public

Political rhetoric continues over the encounter in Bihar's Maner. Bihar government minister Dr. Santosh Kumar Suman has responded to the questions of Leader of Opposition Tejashwi Yadav and Rohini Acharya. He said that if criminals shoot at the police, the police will not carry a garland of flowers. The police will have to retaliate for their safety. The minister accused the opposition of defending the criminals and misleading the public. Santosh Kumar Suman responded to Tejashwi Yadav's tweet while talking to reporters in Gaya on Saturday (7 November 2026). Tejashwi had written about the encounter that the public should take responsibility for their own lives. To this, the minister said that every action has a reaction. When the police go to catch criminals and they shoot. During this time, a criminal is shot in the leg, then someone dies. Rohini Acharya said that after the Maner encounter, Santosh Acharya had said that the police would have stopped the encounter culture. Suman has been carrying such a garland of flowers. Suman has also said that if the police had taken action on the criminals in other states, they would have done so.