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Clashes in Bihar: Tejashwi claims cops say used tear gas
Tejashwi Yadav alleged that Bihar police used tear gas during clashes in Bihar, with competing claims on police action.
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Samachar Pathshala Desk
Published 26 Jul 2026 · 1 min
What happened (Bihar clashes and the tear gas allegation)
Opposition leader Tejashwi Yadav alleged that Bihar police used tear gas during clashes in Bihar. The dispute highlighted in the coverage concerns not only the existence of clashes, but also what security personnel used and how the confrontation between demonstrators and police developed.
Background (how crowd-police disputes become politicised)
The UPSC angle
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UPSC lens: contested allegations in public order incidents
Frame the Bihar clash as an internal security and governance problem: how to separate allegations from verified facts, and how accountability should work when police conduct during crowd control is disputed.
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