'Rakshas Raj' in Bihar, says Tejashwi Yadav at Congress function

Leaders of the Grand Alliance in Bihar chose the states first chief minister Sri Krishna Singhs birth anniversary function in Patna on Sunday to band together against the NDA where RJD leader Tejashwi Yadav slammed the BJPJDU government by likening it to Rakshas Raj reign of the devilThe Grand Alliance leaders from the Congress the RJD and the HAMS vowed to uproot the NDA governments at the Centre and in the state They came down heavily on the two governments alleging that both the dispensations failed on all fronts especially in taming price rise corruption and crimeThe Bihar Pradesh Congress Committee organised the function at S K Memorial hallRJD leader and former Bihar deputy chief minister Tejashwi Yadav slammed JDU chief and Chief Minister Nitish Kumar likening the state government to Rakshas Raj reign of the devilThese people NDA leaders used to talk about Jungle Raj during the 15 years of LaluRabri rule in Bihar But there is Rakshas Raj in Bihar today Statesponsored crime is on the rise This is the doubleengine government of crime and corruption Yadav saidTaking a swipe at Bihar Deputy CM Sushil Kumar Modi who had termed Lalu Prasads younger son as rumourmonger Tejashwi asked what has Bihar got from the Modi government in its four and a half yearsWhen will the special category status be accorded to Bihar BJP has cheated the people of the state as it has no concern for them Tejashwi said adding sarcastically that the BJP has more concern for Lalu Prasads familyPeople should be wary of backstabbers he said without naming anyoneFormer Bihar CM and HAMS chief Jitan Ram Manjhi demanded the Bharat Ratna for Sri Krishna Singh the first chief minister of Bihar and powerful leader from the Bhumihar caste who occupied the post till his death in 1961 Manjhi also sought 15 per cent reservation for upper castes by amending the ConstitutionThe partys national general secretary and Bihar incharge Shakti Sinh Gohil said We will fight together to uproot the NDA government and install Congress government at the Centre We will come out with a blueprint for Bihars overall development and will fulfil our commitmentFormer Union minister and Bihar Congress Campaign Committee chairman Akhilesh Prasad Singh announced that the party would soon hold a mega rally at the historic Gandhi Maidan in Patna to send out a messageSingh a Rajya Sabha member said it would be a Parivartan rally rally for change the date for which would be announced soonSingh who has been organising birth anniversaries of Sri Krishna Singh for the past 15 years said the Nitish Kumar government which would complete 15 years of rule in Bihar has ditched the upper castes as it did nothing for them and even forgot to implement the recommendations of Sawarn Aayog commission for upper castesThe Nitish Kumar government just used upper castes as its vote bank he saidCelebration of Shri Krishna Singhs birth anniversary is seen as an attempt by the Congress to win back a section of the upper castes who have traditionally been its voters in the state but have gravitated towards the BJP recentlyBihar Congress chief Madan Mohan Jha former governor Nikhil Kumar former Union minister Shakeel Ahmad senior party leaders Vijay Shankar Dubey and other senior leaders spoke at the functionCatch up on all the latest Crime National International and Hatke news here Also download the new midday Android and iOS apps to get latest updatesThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Except for the change in headline the story has been provided ASIS AS AVAILABLE without any verification or editing from our side Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever