Bharatiya Janata Party has hit out at the JD (U), RJD and Congress for trying to divert people’s attention from the issues of development by raking up incidents like Dadri in the Bihar Assembly election campaign.
“They (grand alliance) want to divert the issue of development by mentioning incidents like Dadri. But the platform for it is different. There are different issues in Bihar election including backwardness of the State and those who are responsible for it. They are trying to divert and dilute the issue of development,” Union Minister M Venkaiah Naidu said here on Saturday. He added that the political atmosphere in Bihar was in favour of NDA. “Everywhere, the agenda is development and Bihar is ready to support Modi,” Naidu said.
Objecting to “Shaitan” word used by RJD chief lalu Prasad for Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Naidu said such remarks talk poorly about these leaders. “Our agenda for Bihar election is only development and the State badly needs good governance. Development without good governance will not be fruitful and these two are important. “Those who have suffered ‘jungle raj’ in Bihar should know that it is not an allegation of BJP or Modi. Nitish, lalu and others used this term against each other earlier. We are not making any provocations, they themselves used remarks like ‘shaitan’. And now they are levelling allegations against BJP and Modi,” Naidu said.
Naidu questioned JD(U) over its joining hands with Congress, “which imposed Emergency, sent lakhs of people jail and even attacked JP (Jayaprakash Narayan)” in the Bihar polls. “leaders from JD(U) compromising with such a party (Congress) and sitting in their lap... Is it justifiedIJ The way some of JD(U) are talking outside is because of utter frustration,” he said.
Taking a dig at Raghuvansh Prasad’s recent remark that sages too used to have beef earlier, Naidu said: “After losing elections, he (Raghuvansh) may relax and read and discuss the Puranas, history, sages, Maharshi,” he said.