Beef row: Lalu Prasad insulted Yadavs, says Narendra Modi

Munger Begusarai Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday launched a blistering attack on RJD supremo Lalu Prasad saying his beef eating remark is an abuse and huge insult to Yaduvanshis Yadav clan and asked people of Bihar to reject the grand secular alliance warning it will bring jungle raj 2Modi who has been silent on the lynching of a man in Dadri over rumours of eating beef despite widespread outrage scoffed at Lalus explanation that he made the beef remarks under the influence of some shaitan devil I wonder the devil got only his Lalu body to enter I want to know how the shaitan got the address of Lalu The devil got no other body in entire Bihar India and the whole world except that of his And he also welcomed the devil as if some relative has comePrime Minister Narendra Modi addressing an election rally in Begusarai on Thursday PicPTIAddressing rallies in Munger Begusarai and Samastipur Modi castigated the RJD chief over his Hindus also eat beef remark What all is he saying What all Yadavs eat Whatever position Lalu rose to it was because of these Yaduvanshis and he insulted them What kind of abuses you are hurling at them Is it not an insult of Yadavs and Bihar Do not humiliate the Yaduvanshis so much Laluji these Yaduvanshis helped you to come to power said ModiInsisting that Lalu cannot absolve himself of his beef remark he saidPeople of Bihar have to find out why the devil came to Lalu only What were his bad habits due to which it happened Do we have place for such people in Bihar So far we were fighting political rivals human beings Now a devil has entered a human body which is after us The RJD chief who had made the controversial remark in the aftermath of the Dadri lynching made a quick about turn saying his tongue seemed to have been possessed by the devil in a moment of weaknessThe remarks had created a consternation in the grand alliance as the leaders felt that this could help BJP polarise votes in its favour Amid a realisation that an undivided MuslimYadav combination could lead to problems for it BJPled NDA is keen to counter the RJD chiefs influence in the communityReferring to Dwarka connection of Lord Krishna in Gujarat Modi projected Lalu as a leader who does not honour true Yaduvanshi tradition and alleged that he not only insulted them but everybody in Bihar I come from the land of Gujarat Dwarka is the land ofLord Krishna where people worship cows They brought white revolution As as far the question of following the true Yaduvanshi tradition is concerned it being done there And here the leaders are meting out this kind of insult to Yaduvanshis What kind of abuses he is heaping on themCalling the grand alliance of JDURJD and Congress a mahaswarthgathbandhan alliance of great opportunism Modi asked the electorate to reject them noting that they ruled the state for 60 years and were responsible for its backwardness It is time that people vote for the vikas raj development of the BJP This election is a fight between jungle raj and vikas raj he saidModi who is under attack from the grand alliance for allegedly insulting people of Bihar through his DNA barb against Nitish Kumar repeatedly sought to project Lalus beef remarks as an affront not only to the entire Yadav community whose primary occupation has been rearing cows but to the entire stateHe also used the death anniversary of Jayaprakash Narayan today to attack Nitish and Lalu saying those who once sang paeans of the socialist leader have now joined hands with Congress which had sent JP to jail during Emergency Alleging that Congress is trying to make a backdoor entry into Bihar politics by aligning with JDU and RJD after having lost its own relevance Modi questioned both Lalu and Nitish over their commitment to JP who fought against Congress his entire life Congress imposed Emergency and put JP behind bars where he fell ill and as a result passed away early Standing by the same Congress they are now abusing BJP Congress ruled the state for 35 years followed by 15 years of RJD and 10 years of JDU he saidNitish came to power promising to end jungle raj He has now joined hands with Lalu to bring Jungle Raj 2 What relationship is there between this Bada Bhai and Chhota Bhai The three parties that destroyed Bihar have come together he said adding that the hudge number of people seen in BJP rallies will sweep the three parties awayUnder constant attack from the grand alliance over RSS chief Mohan Bhagwats demand for a review of the reservation policy a contention quickly rejected by BJP Modi attempted to project the Bihar election as a fight beyond caste issue and reached out to the youth Political pundits will be forced to change their thinking in Bihar For the first time it will be fought above caste considerations It will be fought on the issue of youth and development These will be the central issues now he said attacking the rivals for unemployment and poverty in the stateLike in the last Lok Sabha polls when BJPled NDA won 31 out of 40 Lok Sabha seats people should give a clear mandate to it in the assembly polls There is a view that if the caste factor dominates in the election it could help the grand alliance Thus BJP is trying to reorient the focus in Bihar assembly polls to the issue of development and aspirations of the youth projecting Modi as a mascot of changeReferring to noted Hindi poet Ramdhari Singh Dinkar Modi said his words that singhasan khali karo janata aati hai vacate power the common man is coming have been taken seriously by the youth of Bihar who want a change Should those who have ruined the state for 60 years be allowed to come back to power again If employment has to be generated and development has to come to the state the jungle raj should not get another chance in Bihar said ModiLet us remember Jayaprakash Narayan Sri Krishna Singh Bihars first Chief Ministerand Ramdhari Singh Dinkar and take a vow to bring vikas raj in Bihar he said Modi said that Lalu is repeating the same dialogues which he used to make 15 years ago and did nothing new except bringing his two sons in the forefrontRejecting Opposition criticism that his government was catering only to the rich the Prime Minister insisted that his governments schemes are meant to uplift the poor who need the government and not the richReferring to alleged crimes during RJD regime he said kidnapping had become an industry People refused to venture out after sunset even during festivals Nobody bought a new vehicle fearing it would be snatched by goons He suggested that after Nitish and Lalu joined hands such incidents have risen Figures of the Bihar government show that between January and July 4000 kidnappings have taken place Do you want jungle raj or developmentBihar has youth and water as its main assets But both have not been utilised for development Give us a chance come out in large numbers to vote Ensure that no devil returns he saidReferring to the Rs 165 lakh crore package announced by the Centre for Bihar Modi alleged that the state government is creating hindrances in its implementation But people wont allow this to happen as they want growth development he said