A union minister has been charged with threatening a police officer in Bihar, which the BJP rules in alliance with Nitish Kumar's Janata Dal United. Ashwini Choubey, a BJP leader and minister of state for health in the central government, has not been spared after he allegedly shouted at a police officer on Monday. The police in Buxar, where the incident took place, have accused the minister of intimidating an officer on duty and humiliating him in full public glare.