Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Thursday said the ‘India’ alliance will be wiped out in the Bihar elections as people will “take revenge” for Congress workers allegedly insulting Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s mother and Rahul Gandhi mocking the Prime Minister and Chhathi Maiya.
Addressing a rally in Lakhisarai district, he claimed that Leader of Opposition in Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi, while criticizing Modi, has insulted ‘Chhathi Maiya’ and said that people worshiping this goddess are doing drama.
Taking a dig at Congress leader Sonia Gandhi, Shah asked people to press the button with the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) election symbol on the EVMs so hard that its tremors are “felt in Italy”.
Shah claimed that there was ‘jungle raj’ in Bihar when Lalu Prasad and Rabri Devi were chief ministers. He said that every vote given to NDA will bring development in the state. He alleged that the United Progressive Alliance (UPA) government committed scams worth Rs 12 lakh crore during its 10-year rule while no one could point a finger at Modi and Chief Minister Nitish Kumar for corruption.
“Lalu Prasad was involved in fodder, land-for-jobs, coal tar and flood relief scams… whereas under Nitish Kumar’s rule, Bihar moved on the path of development and the Center increased the minimum support price (MSP) for agricultural produce and strengthened the infrastructure,” he said.
The Home Minister claimed that during the UPA rule, terrorists created havoc in India without worrying about any consequences, while the Modi government responded to every attack by attacking inside Pakistan.
Shah said, “We will also drive out those infiltrators from Bihar who grab food grains and employment of poor people and are involved in anti-national activities.”
Shah announced that a medical college in the name of Bihar’s first Chief Minister Shri Krishna Sinha would be established in Lakhisarai in the next two years.
Describing Goddess Sita as the “daughter of Bihar”, he said a grand temple would be built at Punaura Dham in Sitamarhi at a cost of Rs 850 crore and it would be connected to the Ram temple in Ayodhya through a direct train. He said that under the NDA regime, the Center has spent Rs 18 lakh crore on roads, railways, greenfield expressway projects in Bihar, and Makhana Board has also been set up.