Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday accused the RJD of stalling development projects in Bihar by putting pressure on the Congress-led UPA government at the center to “avenge” its ouster from power in the state in 2005.
“The RJD was sharing power at the Centre when it was voted out of power in Bihar in 2005. Projects like the Kosi Mahasetu had been sanctioned by the Atal Bihari Vajpayee Government. So enraged was the RJD by Nitish Kumar forming a new Government in the State that it put pressure on Manmohan Singh and Sonia Gandhi and stalled all such projects in Bihar,” he alleged.
He also claimed the INDIA bloc’s CM candidate, Tejashwi Yadav, was trying to “hide the sins” of his father, Lalu Prasad, relegating his pictures to the corner of RJD’s poll posters.
The PM made these remarks at election rallies in Katihar and Saharsa. “What is the sin he is hiding by not having the pictures of his own father, whom you claim to be such a tall leader and who was a CM for years, on RJD posters? Perhaps it is because he has become aware that the big leader carries the baggage of jungle raj,” he alleged.
The Prime Minister also alleged that while the RJD was controlled by “the most corrupt family in Bihar,” its ally Congress was run by “the most corrupt family in the country.” In an attempt to drive a wedge between the two allies, Modi reiterated that the Congress agreed to name Yadav the CM candidate when the RJD “put a katta (country-made gun) on its head” and claimed that the grand old party was trying its best to ensure that its ally was drubbed in the assembly polls.
He claimed that while the NDA stands for vikas, the jungle raj wallahs (leaders of lawlessness) stood for vinash (destruction). Speaking in an area which has a substantial Muslim population, Modi charged the RJD-Congress combine with being soft on “infiltrators” and disdainful towards the Ram temple at Ayodhya and Chhath Puja.
“Infiltrators cannot be allowed to partake of the resources that are meant for people of our country. The leaders of the RJD and Congress take time off to visit all types of places abroad, but not the Ram temple at Ayodhya,” he alleged.
