As the four-day-long festivities of Chhath resonate in the atmosphere of Bihar, political tempers have also intensified with whirlwind rallies of top political leaders, including Home Minister Amit Shah, as the state approaches the first phase of Assembly elections on November 6.
Addressing back-to-back election rallies in Khagaria, Munger, and Nalanda, Shah said this Assembly election in Bihar will decide whether ‘jungle raj’ will return or the State remains on the path of development. INDIA bloc’s chief ministerial candidate Tejashwi Yadav, who addressed a rally near Khagaria, said he would make Bihar a leading State in the country by bringing in investments and setting up factories, if the Opposition coalition is voted to power. Setting a different political tone,
Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar accused the Opposition INDIA bloc leaders of treating the Muslim community as a “vote bank” by portraying themselves as their well-wishers. Kumar claimed that while opposition leaders are using various tactics to secure the votes of the minority community, no efforts are being made to give them any significant representation. Shah slammed the INDIA bloc for opposing the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls, asserting that every infiltrator would be detected, deleted from the voters’ list, and deported to their countries.
“This election will decide whether ‘jungle raj’ will return to Bihar or the State remains on the path of development. If the Government of Lalu-Rabri is formed, only ‘jungle raj’ will come, and if the NDA comes to power, a developed Bihar will make its mark in the entire country,” Shah claimed.
Jungle Raj or progress, voters to decide: Shah
Shah said due to NDA’s good governance, elections are taking place in the State this time in two phases, while during Lalu Prasad’s regime, polls were happening in six phases. “Next time, elections in Bihar will be held in a single phase...vote for the NDA only,” he appealed to the voters.
Shah alleged that the Opposition grand alliance has two identities — “corruption and nepotism”. He accused the RJD supremo, Lalu Prasad, of concentrating only on the prosperity of his family. “Nitish ‘babu’ wants overall development of the state, while Lalu Prasad wants to make his son the chief minister, and Sonia Gandhi wants to make her son the prime minister.
