NDA will win Bihar with 2/3rd majority: Shah
ASSEMBLY POLLS Amit Shah says state moved from ‘jungle raj to janta raj’ in NDA rule
nPATNA:UNION home minister Amit Shah said on Sunday he is confident the ruling coalition in Bihar will get two-thirds majority in the upcoming polls, setting the stage for the assembly elections due later this year, even though he insisted that the virtual rally, was not about election, but aimed at boosting the morale of the people amid the coronavirus outbreak .
“I want to salute corona warriors who are fighting against the virus by risking their lives — health workers, police personnel and others. I want to acknowledge their contribution,” Shah said at Bihar Jansamvad rally.
Shah’s Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), chief minister Nitish Kumar’s JD (United) and the LJP share power in Bihar. Polls are supposed to be held in Octobernovember, but the dates have not been announced.
In his speech, Shah also listed achievements of Bjp-led central government and the state government led by Kumar, while launching a scathing attack on the Opposition. The BJP is likely to hold 75 such meetings. “Elections
are there. I have full faith that people will vote Nitish Kumar to power with two-thirds majority and help form the government again,” he said, praising the chief minister and his deputy, Sushil Modi of the BJP.
The state has moved away from “lalten raj” (lantern rule), Shah said, referring to the opposition RJD’S poll symbol , and added Bihar now has “LED raj”. Bihar has came out of “Jungle Raj (anarchy)” to “Janta ka Raj (people’s rule)”, Shah said.
He also defended Centre’s handling of migrant crisis triggered by the lockdown. Without access to food and water, thousands of migrant labourers— many of them from UP and Bihar — who lost their jobs took to the roads after the nationwide curbs came into place in March-end, walking to their hometowns hundreds of kilometres away and triggering a humanitarian crisis. Some died in road accidents, prompting the Opposition to criticise the Centre’s policy on the issue.
“Country respects you...however, those misguiding you, don’t know your value,” he told migrants, 2.1 million of whom are believed to have returned Bihar.
He also detailed the steps by
Centre and Bihar government to help migrants, and lauded state govt for attaining high growth.
“Bihar has moved forward under Nitish-sushil Modi at a growth rate of 11.30 %..,” he said, adding that the growth rate during RJD rule was below 4%.
Shah also touched upon issues such as the nullification of Article 370 that gave special privileges to Jammu and Kashmir, and also the law against triple talaq.
Opposition RJD and Congress, however, launched a protest against the BJP rally. Former CM Rabri Devi led RJD’S protest at her official residence by beating steel plate along with her sons, Tejashwi Prasad Yadav and Tej Pratap Yadav. Youth Congress leaders released black balloons in the air. “By holding virtual rally to herald the party’s campaign for assembly polls, BJP has reinforced general perception that people’s plight hardly matters for it,” Tejashwi Yadav, the leader of the Opposition, said.
Bihar Pradesh Congress Committee president Madan Mohan Jha said: “Thousands of families have been devastated while hundreds of migrants died during their travel home, but the BJP has shown no concern for them.”