In the backdrop of the series of street justice, related incidents and other law and order related problems in the recent past, Nitish did not believe in suspending IPS officials in Mayawati style. This was despite the fact that there were whopping 1,600 complaints against the police machinery alone in his weekly janata durbar a week back.

On the contrary, Nitish believed in sensitising the administration and police machinery by making them accountable and restore the faith of the people in justice delivery system through speedy trials in fast track courts to punish the offenders.

Talking to the media here Nitish said one should exert pressure on the administration, which it could sustain, and rubbished the opposition's charges that his government has lost control over the administration.

Replying to a question regarding the UP Chief Minister Mayawati`s decision to cancel the appointment of over 6,000 constables and suspend 12 IPS officials for committing irregularities in the recruitment process in one go recently, Nitish quipped saying that administration rather might collapse if too much pressure was exerted on it.

Nitish sought to defend his stand by rather blaming the system he inherited from his predecessor, including a depleted work force.

Claiming that even bureaucratic inheritance was in shambles, Nitish pointed out that all the departments were running at 50-60 per cent of their sanctioned strength, which badly hampered developmental work.

He wondered why there were no regular appointments during the RJD regime. "There was a shortage of even IAS and IPS officers as the cadre strength was not enhanced after the bifurcation of the state in November 2000 following the creation of Jharkhand", he added