Bihar polls: Tejashwi hits back at PM Modi's ‘jungle raj’ jibe

NEW DELHI: RJD scion and the Mahagathbandhan’s recently announced main ministerial campaigner Tejashwi Yadav connected Friday struck backmost astatine the NDA for highlighting tribunal cases against him, citing Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s ain remarks to question the bloc’s record, saying, "The Prime Minister himself listed 55 scams of Nitish Kumar.

What enactment has been taken?"Turning the spotlight connected transgression successful BJP-ruled states, Tejashwi raised the stakes connected the long-standing “jungle raj” accusation. He alleged that lawlessness is rampant and that BJP-governed states apical the nationalist transgression charts.

He said, "When scams are happening and nary enactment is being taken, that is jungle raj. There is not a azygous time successful Bihar wherever determination are nary shootings, murders, looting, rapes, kidnappings...Uttar Pradesh has the highest transgression complaint successful the full country. Bihar is second. The apical 5 BJP-ruled states successful the full state person the highest transgression rate. What are they doing there?"He besides took a swipe astatine

BJP

’s governmental strategy, claiming the enactment is focused much connected Gujarat than Bihar: "They lone privation to misuse the agencies.

They volition acceptable up factories successful Gujarat and privation triumph successful Bihar; this is not going to happen."Tejashwi added, "We don't marque broken, fragmented oregon mendacious promises. We volition bash what we say... If Tejashwi Yadav becomes the Chief Minister, the radical of Bihar volition besides go the Chief Minister. We volition marque Bihar escaped from transgression and corruption..."The RJD leader’s rebuttal comes a time aft elder BJP person and MP

Ravi Shankar Prasad

publically targeted him. Speaking astatine a property league pursuing Tejashwi’s announcement arsenic the Mahagathbandhan’s CM face, Prasad said,"Now, erstwhile we travel to Tejashwi Yadav, 2 orders person been issued by the Delhi precocious court...The

court examined each the matters and declared that this (IRCTC hotels corruption case) is simply a superior lawsuit of corruption and 420... Tejashwi Yadav, you are accused nether Section 420 of the IPC. The condemnation is 7 years. Your assertion that you won't tolerate corruption needs to beryllium addressed... The radical of Bihar, beryllium careful. These 2.60 crores households of Bihar, to whom they are talking astir giving imperishable jobs, their (RJD) inheritance is specified that it volition marque your full beingness miserable.

None of their enactment is done without corruption, and I americium giving impervious of each this..."The verbal duel betwixt the 2 camps has intensified successful caller days, pursuing the finalisation of the seat-sharing woody and arsenic the authorities gears up for polling.Bihar, the fourth-largest assembly successful India, volition spell to the polls successful 2 phases connected November 6 and November 11, with counting scheduled for November 14.