Bihar, Sept 24th, 2022: Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Friday accused Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar of betraying BJP in the league to become the Prime Minister.
Shah was speaking at a rally in Bihar’s Purnea where he effectively launched the BJP campaign in the state for the 2024 elections.
This was the first rally organized on Kumar’s home turf after he snapped ties with the saffron party and formed the Mahagathbandhan government.
Launching an attack on Kumar, the BJP leader said, “Nitish Kumar’s party had won only half as many seats as BJP in the last Bihar assembly elections. Even then, Modi Ji allowed Nitish Kumar to be the Chief Minister because he had promised that in Bihar, the alliance [NDA] will work under Nitish Kumar’s leadership. Yet, he betrayed us. His prime ministerial ambition made him join hands with Congress and Lalu Prasad Yadav”.
He further said that Kumar only has one objective: to hold onto power at any cost.
Asserting his party’s victory in the future, Shah said, “People of Bihar know that in the next elections, only Modi Ji’s lotus [BJP’s electoral symbol] will bloom in Bihar”.
Shah is currently on a two-day visit to Bihar to shore up support.
Replying to his remarks, Bihar Deputy CM and RJD leader Tejashwi Yadav said that Shah’s speech was laughable.
“He criticized the law-and-order situation in Bihar, but does he even realize how terrible the situation is in Delhi, the place he is based in? Delhi holds the No 1 position in crime and yet he was referring to ‘jangal raaj’ in Bihar”, he said.
Yadav further said that Prime Minister Modi’s promise for a special status and a special economic package for Bihar remains an empty promise.
