‘People from Mithila, Koshi need not go to Patna, Delhi for treatment’: Amit Shah’s promise in Bihar if NDA retains power

Shah, who addressed back-to-back rallies in Darbhanga, Motihari and Bettiah on Tuesday, slammed the RJD for its complaint to the Election Commission, seeking a pause on the Rs 10,000 benefit for ‘Jeevika Didis’, alleging that “three generations of Lalu won’t be able to snatch funds transferred” to the self-help groups.

Urging people to vote for the BJP, Shah emphasised, “Press the ‘lotus’ button to prevent ‘jungle raj’ that devastated Bihar during Lalu-Rabri’s 15-year rule.”

The Union Minister also slammed the RJD and Congress for insulting ‘Chhathi Maiya’, the prime minister and his mother. Shah said people of Bihar will “avenge the insult by showing the exit door to such political parties” in the upcoming elections. “Bihar people never forgive those who insult ‘Chhathi Maiya’. The RJD-Congress will be wiped out in the Bihar polls,” he said.

In one of the rallies, Shah launched a blistering attack on RJD supremo Lalu Prasad and his son Tejashwi Yadav for “raising slogans in the praise of late Mohammad Shahabuddin”. Shahabuddin was accused of unleashing terror in Siwan during the RJD’s 15-year rule in Bihar. “Lalu and his party raise slogans like ‘Shahabuddin amar rahe’, dream of ‘jungle raj’ but Bihar people won’t allow these,” he said.

(With agency inputs)