The State BJP has intensified campaigning for Lok Sabha elections and Gandey assembly bypoll. State BJP president Babulal Marandi in this connection addressed public meetings at Chatra Lok Sabha seat and Gandey assembly segment.

In Chatra the BJP has fielded local leader Kalicharan Singh against Congress candidate and former minister KN Tripathi, while in Gandey BJP leader Dilip Verma is contesting against JMM heavyweight and former chief minister Hemant Soren wife Kalpana Soren.

Addressing a public meeting at Chatra, Marandi said that said that the INDI Alliance leaders do politics for themselves.

“They do politics for the family and money. That’s why many of these people are in jail or out on bail. A few INDI Alliance leaders are convicted, too. These people are roaming around to become the destiny makers of India,” he pointed out.

Marandi said Prime Minister Narendra Modi has said we must make the country a developed India. “This will be accomplished when the Prime Minister wins again with an overwhelming majority in 2024,” he maintained.

Leader of Opposition Amar Kumar Bauri said that the Jharkhand government is anti-tribals and anti-Dalits. “Be it the Hemant government or the present government, no work was done to develop these sections during the tenure of both.

“On the contrary, atrocities against them have increased,” he said.

“On the other hand, the Modi government has done a lot of work to develop tribals and Dalits. The budget for the development of tribals has increased significantly. Work has been done to honour Lord Birsa Munda. Dr Bhimrao Ambedkar also got full respect during the tenure of the Modi government while Congress ignored him,” he said.

Addressing a public meeting in Chatra after Chatra’s NDA candidate Kalicharan Singh filed his nomination, Marandi said the INDI coalition leaders are spreading false propaganda.

He urged the electorates to cast their votes to the NDA candidate in the interest of their families and also motivate others to vote for the NDA. “No matter how sunny it is, we all should not fail to vote in this great festival of democracy,” he said.

Later in the day, Marandi also addressed a rally at Led Hatiya Ground in Gandey, Giridih. Marandi said that at present India is being hailed all over the world and the country will be hailed only when Narendra Modi becomes the Prime Minister again. Prime Minister Modi said that India will be made a developed and prosperous India by 2047. The Prime Minister thinks that every person should get food. They should get better treatment when they fall ill. Prime Minister Modi has resolved to create such an India. If we look at the 10 years of Prime Minister Modi's tenure, it will be clear that till date no Prime Minister has done so much work. Prime Minister Modi also took care of the respect of mothers and sisters. Toilets were built in every house. Gave gas connection. Prime Minister gave residence to the poor to live.

The State President said that before 2014, terrorist attacks used to happen on the country. At that time the central government sometimes went to America and sometimes to UNO. He used to say that there has been a bomb explosion in our place. The whole world laughed at India. When Narendra Modi government was formed in 2014, he said that if even a single terrorist attacks here from outside, we will enter and kill him. When one or two incidents happened in the country, army personnel entered and killed them. After this, people of Indi alliance started asking for proof of this. These people are anti-national. Are anti-development. Have to be careful with these people.

He said that the people of Indi alliance are anti-Jharkhand and anti-development. The fight for a separate state of Jharkhand was going on since the country became independent. Congress remained in power for 50-60 years, but Jharkhand did not create a separate state. Jharkhand bought off those who were agitating for a separate state. Then sent him to jail, but did not create Jharkhand state. After the formation of the Bharatiya Janata Party government, a separate state of Jharkhand was created. Whatever BJP does, it does.