RJD chief Tejashwi Yadav on Tuesday claimed that the BJP-led NDA was “jittery” in Bihar, a cause why Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s marketing campaign within the state was being intensified.
Speaking to reporters right here, the previous deputy chief minister additionally alleged that Modi betrayed the belief reposed in him by the folks of Bihar, which noticed little industrial development in contrast to the PM’s house state of Gujarat.
“Folks do go to totally different locations throughout elections, however it’s turning into clear that the BJP is jittery this time. The eye of its prime leaders, as additionally the ED and CBI, that are getting used for settling political scores, appears centered on Bihar,” Yadav asserted.
He was responding to a question on Modi’s proposed rally at Gaya on April 16, which will likely be Modi’s third within the state because the Lok Sabha polls had been introduced. Earlier, the PM had addressed election conferences in Jamui and Nawada. Whereas a proper announcement of the Gaya rally is but to be made, former chief minister Jitan Ram Manjhi, an NDA associate who’s contesting that seat, claimed that Modi has agreed to canvass in his favour on April 16.
“My solely request to the prime minister is that on his subsequent go to, he ought to discuss points like farmers, poverty, unemployment and Bihar’s long-standing demand for particular standing,” Yadav stated.
The younger RJD chief has been alleging that Modi, in his Bihar speeches, diverts public consideration from “failures” of the NDA authorities with carping criticism of the RJD’s rule within the state that ended 20 years in the past.
“The NDA acquired a lot of assist from Bihar within the final elections. But, the prime minister didn’t care to fulfil his promise that the state will see new factories developing. However, have a look at how a lot Gujarat has gained throughout his reign,” Yadav stated.
The NDA had swept the polls in Bihar in 2019, when the BJP-led coalition bagged all however one of many state’s 40 Lok Sabha seats.
In the meantime, when senior BJP chief Ravi Shankar Prasad was approached with queries on Yadav’s remarks, he instructed PTI video: “Modi is prime minister of the complete nation, together with Bihar. Does Tejashwi Yadav assume his permission needs to be hunted for the PM’s excursions?” Prasad, a former Union minister who’s looking for re-election from the Patna Sahib seat, added, “The remarks of the RJD chief betrays desperation within the alliance of which his father and he are a component. That coalition isn’t capable of declare even a first-rate ministerial candidate”.