New Delhi : Taking on the RJD-Congress combine over dynastic politics, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday said those hankering for power focus solely on promoting their own families, while his government worked for inclusive development. PM Modi appealed to the public to vote out those who brought ‘jungle raj’ to Bihar and looted the state in the upcoming elections.
The Prime Minister thundered, we say ‘Sabka saath, sabka vikas’ but the RJD and Congress believe in ‘parivaar ka saath, parivaar ka vikas’. Congress’s licence raj responsible for poverty in India. While families of its leaders became rich, people remained poor. The Prime Minister said the Dalit and backwards communities were the biggest victims of this.
PM Modi’s remarks were seemingly a bid to blunt RJD leader Tejahwi Yadav’s nepotism charge against the ruling alliance. Tejashwi has repeatedly raked up how relatives of several NDA leaders have been appointed to various commissions in Bihar. This is PM Modi’s fifth visit to Bihar in the past five months as the BJP-JD(U) combine aims to retain power in its head-on clash with the RJD-led Mahagathbandhan. Siwan and its nearby districts, such as Gopalganj and Chapra, are strongholds of the RJD.
RJD insulted Babasaheb Ambedkar, people of Bihar will never forgive its leaders, PM Modi said, as he attempted to woo the nearly 20% Dalit population. Calling the RJD-Congress combine “anti-Bihar” and “anti-investment”, PM Modi said the parties looted so much that poverty became Bihar’s misfortune.
The fact that Bihar has the highest number of inter-state migrants was also raked up by PM Modi, who blamed the previous RJD governments for it. The Congress and RJD are responsible for poverty and the migration of labourers from Bihar. The ‘panja’ and ‘lantern’ together have hurt the pride of Bihar, he further said.
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