‘RJD, Cong have soft corner for infiltrators, dislike for Lord Ram’: PM Modi hits out at Oppn on poll day

The crowd repeated the slogan after him when the PM said, “Only one voice is coming from all corners of Bihar — ‘Fir Ek Baar NDA Sarkaar.'”

He said, “Bihar saw zero development during the 15 years of ‘jungle raj’. No highways and bridges were built, nor any centres of higher learning were set up. The NDA under the leadership of Chief Minister Nitish Kumar has worked very hard to bring the state out of that era.”

“Today, Bihar has so many expressways, bridges over rivers, as many as four central universities and other centres of higher learning. Only the NDA can ensure that this journey towards growth continues uninterrupted,” he told the gathering.

‘NDA’s challenge: RJD-Congress protecting infiltrators’

Modi said the NDA faces a big challenge on this journey of growth, in the form of the menace of infiltration, PTI reported.

“The NDA is committed to driving out each and every infiltrator from the country. But the Congress-RJD offer them protection, take out political yatras in their favour and come up with misleading narratives,” the PM alleged,indirectly referencing to the Leader of the Opposition Rahul Gandhi’s ‘Voter Adhikar Yatra’ and allegations of “vote theft”.

“Whenever the RJD-Congress achieve power, they try to give back-door entry to infiltrators. They do so because of vote bank politics. But this takes a toll on the people of this country. The infiltrators claim a share in all that belongs to the citizens,” PTI quoted Modi as saying.

Oppn leaders’ contempt for traditions

The PM also alleged that vote bank politics had filled the Opposition with contempt for traditions.

Hitting back at Rahul Gandhi for labelling Modi’s performance of the Chhath ritual as ‘drama,’ the PM said, “The naamdaar of Congress called the devotion to Chhathi Maiya a ‘drama’. They never visit Ayodhya to have a darshan of Lord Sri Ram.”

“I understand their dislike for Lord Ram. But they can at least pay obeisance at the shrines dedicated to Nishad Raj, Shabri Mata, and Maharshi Valmiki. Their reluctance to do so only indicates their hatred for Dalits and backward classes,” he alleged.

The PM also claimed that infighting was on between the Congress and the RJD, and “after elections, all these INDI Alliance partners will be seen breaking each other’s heads,” PTI quoted.

“The fight between the RJD and Congress has reached such a level that now their deputy CM candidate is speaking up against ‘jungle raj’,” he added.