Tejashwi takes on Nitish, Modi, claims attempts to frame family
PATNA: The son announced his arrival on the national stage on Sunday. Amidst senior leaders of various parties, RJD chief Lalu Prasad’s youngest boy, Tejashwi Prasad Yadav, in his 25-minute speech at the Patna rally, took on Bihar chief minister Nitish Kumar, whom he addressed as ‘chacha (uncle)’, and punctured Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s poll slogan ‘Har Har Modi’ to ‘Gadbad Modi’, for not honouring his promises to Bihar.
Tejashwi played the emotional card deftly, stressing on “attempts after attempts” to “frame me, my father and mother, brother and sisters in cases” even as he targeted the ₹1,000-crore Srijan scam and drew parallels with Madhya Pradesh’s Vyapam scam.
He played to the youth, who made up over three-fourths of the crowd at the ‘BJP bhagao, desh bachao’ rally, blended emotion, religious appeal, aggression, and also sought responses from the crowd to announce his readiness to take over the mantle from his father. “We are not afraid,” he said, mentioning the I-T, ED and fodder scam cases, and added, “Our God Shri Krishna was born in jail and I have the blood of Lalu Prasad coursing through my veins.”
Tejashwi said, “He (Nitish) stabbed George Fernandes, Lalu Prasad and Sharad Yadav and Bihar in the back. He insulted the Bihar mandate and continues as CM with your votes. He has joined BJP which promised Bihar much, but delivered nothing.
“The war against them starts now,” he declared and demanded the resignations of Nitish and his current deputy, Sushil Kumar Modi of BJP, over the Srijan scam. Tejashwi warned people against the BJP’s divisive politics