At rallies in Muzaffarpur and Darbhanga, Rahul Gandhi accused PM Narendra Modi of “doing anything for votes” and claimed that the BJP runs the Nitish Kumar government through remote control. He urged people to support Tejashwi Yadav and promised a government for all communities
Congress leader Rahul Gandhi addresses a gathering in Bihar. PIC/PTI
Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Wednesday unleashed a no-holds-barred attack on Prime Minister Narendra Modi, accusing him of doing “anything for votes” and alleging that the BJP was running the Nitish Kumar government in Bihar “through remote control”. Gandhi made the statements, kicking off his Assembly poll campaign in the state by holding back-to-back rallies in Muzaffarpur and Darbhanga.
Addressing joint rallies alongside the INDIA bloc’s CM face Tejashwi Yadav, “You must have seen the drama on TV that Modi was going to take a dip in the Yamuna for Chhath Puja. It was shelved when it was exposed that a puddle had been formed with clean, piped water since the river is so dirty.” “Narendra Modi is ready to enact all types of drama. You try telling him at a poll rally that, Mr Prime Minister, we will vote for you if you dance. He will readily perform Bharat Natyam,” he claimed.
Gandhi asserted that under the leadership of Yadav, a RJD leader, a new government would be formed in Bihar, and it would ensure that the interests of all sections of society, cutting across caste and religious lines, are taken care of. “I will ask the people of the state, especially the extremely backward classes, to give up the illusion that the government is run by Chief Minister Nitish Kumar. It is a government run through remote control by the BJP, which does not care for Bihar,” he said.
‘CM, PM posts not vacant’
Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Wednesday attacked the INDIA bloc, alleging that RJD supremo Lalu Prasad wants to make his son Tejashwi the chief minister of Bihar and Congress leader Sonia Gandhi her son Rahul the PM, while asserting that “both posts were not vacant”.
“The BJP has given tickets to many youngsters for the Bihar polls, but the RJD and Congress have not, as Lalu ji wants to make his son Tejashwi the CM and Sonia ji wants her son Rahul to be the PM... but I want to let them know that both posts are not vacant,” he said. Shah further termed the Mahagathbandhan (INDIA bloc alliance) as ‘thug bandhan’.
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