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People of Bihar will give befitting reply to oppn: Nadda
NEW DELHI [Maha Media]: BJP president JP Nadda on Saturday alleged that the repeated insults aimed at Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s late mother reflected the “filthy mindset” of the Congress and claimed that the opposition party will get “a befitting reply from the people of Bihar.”
Addressing a function, Nadda, who is also the Union Health Minister, termed the opposition “irresponsible” and “power-hungry,” and accused Congress leader Rahul Gandhi of “inconsistency” in his allegations of voter list manipulation.
“Abuses were hurled at the late mother of Modi, by someone who was understood to have been instigated by the Congress and its allies. Now, the latest video of the Congress confirms that they have a filthy mindset”, said Nadda, referring to the Darbhanga incident during the ‘Voter Adhikar Yatra’ last month and an AI-generated video shared by the opposition party on social media.
Hinting that the BJP would raise the issue in the upcoming state assembly polls, Nadda said, “They will get a befitting reply from the people”.
Nadda also criticised Rahul Gandhi, the leader of the opposition in Lok Sabha, for raising objections to the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls.
“He has never been consistent in his allegations about Maharashtra. Sometimes, he alleges 70 lakh voters were added ahead of assembly polls last year, and at other times, he puts the number at one crore”.
The BJP leader, who spent his childhood in Bihar, asserted he has been a “witness” to the lawlessness that prevailed in the state until 2005, when the BJP-led NDA came to power with JD(U) president Nitish Kumar as the chief minister.
Taking a dig at RJD leader Tejashwi Yadav, Nadda said, “Under the NDA, Bihar has been registering a double-digit growth rate. But those who never reached class 10 can obviously not appreciate this fact”.
“People of Bihar can never forget the jungle raj. During Lalu Prasad’s tenure, people here were forced to migrate from the state. I must say the RJD is associated with corruption and jungle raj. R stands for ‘Rangdaari’, J for ‘Jungleraj’ and D means ‘Dadagiri’. Today, under the leaderships of Modi and Nitish Kumar, people of Bihar are witnessing growth”, he added.
“Today, I have two pictures of Bihar before me — one is a dark Bihar, and the other is moving towards light. Everyone knows what Bihar’s situation was before 2005 and what the current situation is. Before 2005, there was politics of appeasement, corruption and state-supported crime. Today, under the NDA government, Bihar is progressing on the path of development,” Nadda added.
“India was the 11th largest economy when Modi came to power, and now the country will soon become the world’s third-largest economy”, he added.
“Through the Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Anna Yojana, 25 crore people in the country have today come out of poverty. In the same way, there has been an 80 per cent reduction in extreme poverty. Modi has provided water through taps to more than 14 crore households and housing to more than 4 crore poor people,” he added.
Nadda will review election readiness, booth-level preparations, and alliance dynamics at the high-level meeting with top state leaders. The discussions are expected to touch upon constituency-level strategies, seat-sharing arrangements, and campaign planning for the polls.
According to BJP spokespersons, the core committee meeting will take place after lunch, where not only election matters but also broader political developments in the state will be addressed. About 30 senior state leaders are expected to take part in the meeting. Speculation is rife that Nadda may also meet Chief Minister Nitish Kumar.
"The national president of the party is coming to Bihar to communicate with the party workers. He will hold a meeting with senior leaders to guide them on the poll preparedness. The meeting will also brainstorm on the party's poll strategy," BJP spokesperson Prem Ranjan Patel said.
Nadda will inaugurate the Akhand Jyoti Hospital in Chapra. The Union Minister's visit is part of a broader push by the BJP's central leadership to intensify activity in the state ahead of the likely announcement of poll dates by the Election Commission in early October.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi is also scheduled to make his seventh visit this year to the poll-bound state on September 15, where he will inaugurate the newly-constructed Purnia airport, the fourth operational airport after Patna, Gaya, and Darbhanga, apart from unveiling a slew of development projects.
Union Home Minister Amit Shah will follow suit with visits scheduled on September 17 and September 27, further underlining the importance the saffron party is placing on Bihar in the upcoming polls. With the political temperature rising and key leaders making frequent visits, the election mood in Bihar is now unmistakably in full swing.
