Focus of political storm in Bihar shifts from Covid-19 cases to jobs

Leader of the Opposition Tejashwi Yadav has emerged after many weeks to challenge the chief minister on the issue

Storm brewing

Officers of the Indian Police Service (IPS) and those of various Central Armed Police Forces (such as the Border Security Force and the Central Reserve Police Force), or CAPFs, have been carrying on a fight on social media for the past few months. The issue is IPS officers assuming key posts in the CAPFs and those who are directly recruited as assistant commandants in the CAPFs missing out. Both sides have been tweeting their arguments for and against maintaining the status quo. But while the IPS officers have been vocal, those on the other side have to hide behind