A day after a sting video of a senior JD(U) Minister allegedly accepting bribe surfaced, leading to his sacking from the Nitish Kumar Government, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday mentioned the incident in two back-to-back rallies in Jehanabad and Bhabua to attack the Bihar Chief Minister and his alliance partner RJD chief lalu Prasad, saying they have “no shame” and were “insulting” loknayak Jayaprakash Narayan’s legacy of fighting corruption.
Modi also flayed the Mahagathbandhan leaders for approaching the Election Commission (EC) to halt the live telecast of his meetings, when the first phase of the Assembly poll is underway, saying they are scared.
Referring to the sting video, Modi said what was worse that it happened on the birth anniversary of the Socialist icon JP, as Jayaprakash Narayan was lovingly called. “This was done by those who used to stake claim to JP’s legacy. Such an insult to JP should never have happened. Such leaders have committed the sin of reducing Bihar's honour to dust,” he said.
"In the sting he (Awadhesh Kushwaha) says there are five Ministers (who would benefit from the alleged bribe). Name those five Ministers. Two more have been caught committing the sin but their leader does not feel bad about it. He does not feel bad about this sin or 'Jungle Raj' or corruption," he said.
"Can Bihar be allowed to go into the hands of people, who have become shameless, to those who are not ashamed of such money transactionsIJ There is something called shame in public life due to which even if somebody is caught committing a sin, he sits back at home. But here he is strutting about," he added, attacking RJD chief lalu Prasad.
Political circles in Bihar are abuzz with two more possible exposes in the pipeline, both involving RJD leaders.