Amit Shah Kicks Off BJP’s Bihar Poll Campaign Virtually

Senior BJP leader and the Union Home Minister, Amit Shah, has on Sunday virtually kicked off the BJP’s poll campaign for the Bihar elections slated for later this year. In his virtual rally, he launched a scathing attack on opposition party, especially Lalu Prasad Yadav’s Rashtriya Janata Dal as he raised issues of fodder scam and ‘jungle raj’.

Although it was a virtual rally with an eye on upcoming assembly election in Bihar, Shah insisted that it has nothing to do with the elections. Exuding confidence, he tried to energies the party's cadres spread across hundreds of booths in the state. In the first virtual rally in party's history, Shah touched upon all the issues that are going to decide the fate and direction of the elections. Praising the work done by the Nitish Kumar government, Shah blamed former Chief Ministers -- Lalu Prasad and Rabri Devi for the plight of the state. He said it is under the rule of Lalu Prasad and Rabri Devi that the state suffered the most.

"Under Chief Minister Nitish Kumar, the state has moved from 'lalten raj' to 'LED raj', from 'loot and order' raj to 'law and order' raj from 'jungle raj' to 'people's raj', from 'muscle power' raj to 'vikas power' raj and from fodder scam raj to direct benefit transfer raj," he said. The BJP has always been raising issues like fodder scam and 'jungle raj' to corner the RJD in every state election. Considering this when Amit Shah started talking about the Lalu-Rabri regime and put them in the dock for their 'misdeeds', it became a political rally though he denied that it has anything to do with politics.

Without taking the name of Lalu Prasad and Rabri Devi, Shah said: "I want to tell all those who believe in dynastic politics that they must look in the mirror. The growth rate of Bihar from 1990-2005 was 3.19 per cent. Today, it is 11.3 per cent under Nitish Kumar.

He said, "I believe that under Nitish Kumar ji's leadership, NDA will form the government with 2/3rd majority but this isn't the time for politics. We all should fight Covid-19 under Modi ji's leadership”. Seeking to provide a healing touch to the woes of the migrant laborers, which could turn into a big political issue in Bihar, Shah underscored their importance. He said, “Go to any part of the country -- Mumbai, Delhi, Haryana, Gujarat, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu -- which are considered developed states, their foundation is due to the sweat and blood of migrant labourers of Bihar. The foundation of these states has the smell of the sweat of the person of Bihar”.