Patna, July 13: The political temperature in Bihar soared on Sunday after BJP leader and former Kisan Morcha functionary Surendra Kewat was shot dead on Patna’s outskirts, intensifying criticism of the Nitish Kumar-led NDA government over “spiralling” crime in the state. Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) leader and Leader of Opposition in the Bihar Assembly, Tejashwi.