NEW DELHI: Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge on Monday launched a pointy assault on Bihar chief minister Nitish Kumar and the ruling Bharatiya Janata Social gathering (BJP).He claimed that if the NDA retains energy within the state, the saffron celebration is not going to reappoint Kumar as CM, alleging that the publish would as an alternative be handed to one in every of its “chelas (foot troopers)”
Addressing his first rally in Bihar's Vaishali district, the Congress chief accused Nitish of betraying the legacy of socialist leaders like Jayaprakash Narayan, Ram Manohar Lohia and Karpoori Thakur by aligning with the BJP.He alleged that the saffron celebration, which believes in “Manu Smriti,” has “no concern for Dalits, OBCs or ladies.”“Nitish Kumar is sitting within the lap of the BJP, which believes in Manu Smriti. He has given up on JP, Lohia and Thakur. He can not champion the reason for Dalits, OBCs and EBCs,” Kharge claimed.The Congress president questioned Nitish Kumar's alliance with the BJP, suggesting that the chief minister's place throughout the NDA was unsure and that the celebration would ultimately sideline him.“However Nitish Kumar shouldn't be conscious that after the elections, the BJP shouldn't be going to make him the CM once more and as an alternative, it should give the publish to some ‘chela' (foot soldier) of theirs,” Kharge added.Kharge went on to allege that Dalits have been being intimidated and threatened throughout the nation, together with in Bihar.“Modi and Nitish don't have any concern for Dalits in any respect, they solely care about their chairs. That's the reason all of us want to remain vigilant and never compromise on our self-respect,” he mentioned.He mocked Prime Minister Narendra Modi for finishing up an intensive marketing campaign within the state “as if it have been his son's marriage ceremony” and accused him of ignoring points affecting unusual residents.“The PM has time to tour the world however to not take inventory of the state of affairs in his nation, the place he's seen solely on the time of elections. You may see Modi roaming by way of the streets of a metropolis even throughout municipal polls. Even throughout Bihar meeting elections, he's so busy as whether it is his son's marriage ceremony,” Kharge mentioned in a jibe. The Congress chief additionally took a swipe at Prime Minister Narendra Modi's governance document. He mentioned that regardless of serving as Gujarat's chief minister for 13.5 years and as prime minister for almost 12 years, PM Modi “couldn't develop both the state or the nation.”“Narendra Modi served because the chief minister of Gujarat for almost 13.5 years and he has been within the place of prime minister for the final 12 years. The person who, even after being in energy for thus a few years, couldn't change the situation of the nation, nor his personal state… will you vote for him once more? More often than not, he stays exterior the nation. Due to this fact, solid your vote in the correct place,” he alleged.Taking a dig at Kumar's lengthy tenure, the Congress president mentioned, “Nitish took oath as Bihar's CM 9 instances and dominated the state for 20 years, nonetheless he could not present jobs or cease out-migration of youth.”He additionally accused the NDA authorities in Bihar of scams value Rs 70,000 crore, citing a CAG report and questioned why the alliance nonetheless invokes “jungle raj” after 20 years in energy.Kharge additional claimed that fifty lakh posts have been mendacity vacant in central authorities departments and questioned PM Modi's 2014 ballot promise of offering two crore jobs yearly.Concluding his speech, he mentioned the nation is witnessing “a carnival of lies” the place “anybody who dares to ask questions is branded anti-national.”“It's a carnival of lies wherein reality stands alone. Anybody who dares to asks questions is branded an anti-national,” he mentioned.The Bihar meeting elections can be held in two phases, with polling on November 6 and 11 and the outcomes to be declared on November 14.
