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NEW DELHI: Weeks aft the Election Commission announced canvass dates successful Bihar -- and days aft the Mahagathbandhan released its main ministerial look -- person of absorption successful the Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi yet kicked disconnected his predetermination run successful the authorities connected Wednesday.
Addressing a rally successful Muzaffarpur, the Congress person launched a fierce onslaught connected Prime Minister Narendra Modi, claiming that "he conscionable wants vote" and alleging that helium would spell to immoderate grade to triumph elections.“He conscionable wants your vote. If you archer Narendra Modi to dance, helium volition dance,” Rahul said.
Taking a swipe astatine the Prime Minister’s caller Chhath Puja observance connected the banks of the Yamuna, Rahul mocked the act, saying, “...There’s nary Yamuna there; there’s a pond there.
Narendra Modi went to bathe successful his swimming pool. He has thing to bash with the Yamuna. He has thing to bash with Chhath Puja. He conscionable wants your vote.”Continuing his tirade, Rahul reiterated his complaint of “vote chori” and accused the BJP of subverting democracy. “They are engaged successful stealing your votes. Because they privation to extremity this predetermination disease. I americium telling you, they stole elections successful Maharashtra, they stole elections successful Haryana, and they volition effort their champion successful Bihar,” helium said.
The Congress person besides deed retired astatine PM Modi implicit economical policies, accusing him of crushing tiny businesses done demonetisation and GST. “Tell maine what is written connected the backmost of your phone. Made successful China. Narendra Modi ji has destroyed each the tiny businesses by implementing demonetisation and GST. Wherever you look, it is Made successful China. We accidental that it should not beryllium Made successful China, it should beryllium Made successful Bihar. Mobiles, shirts, pants — each these should beryllium made successful Bihar and the younker of Bihar should get employment successful those factories.
We privation specified a Bihar,” helium declared.Rahul didn’t spare Bihar main curate Nitish Kumar either, claiming helium was simply a “face” portion the BJP pulled the strings from behind. “Nitish ji’s look is being used. The distant power is successful the hands of the BJP. You should not deliberation that the dependable of the astir backward radical is heard there,” helium said.Accusing the BJP of being “against societal justice,” Rahul added, “Three oregon 4 radical power it.
BJP controls it. They person the distant controller successful their hands, and they person thing to bash with societal justice. I said successful beforehand of the Prime Minister successful the Lok Sabha that you should get the caste census done. He did not accidental a azygous word... BJP is against societal justice. They bash not privation it.”As Bihar gears up for a high-stakes battle, the governmental lines are intelligibly drawn. The NDA -- comprising the BJP, JD(U), LJP (Ram Vilas), Hindustani Awam Morcha (Secular), and Rashtriya Lok Morcha -- faces disconnected against the Mahagathbandhan, led by the RJD and including Congress, CPI-ML, CPI, CPM, and Mukesh Sahani’s VIP.Adding different twist, Prashant Kishor’s Jan Suraaj has announced candidates for each 243 assembly seats. Bihar volition ballot successful 2 phases connected November 6 and 11, with results to beryllium declared connected November 14.
