‘Modi, Nitish are not mass leaders’: Tejashwi Yadav mocks PM’s Bihar rally amid NDA-RJD war of words

NEW DELHI: As Prime Minister Narendra Modi targeted the RJD and Congress in his Siwan rally, RJD leader Tejashwi Yadav hit back sharply, claiming that neither PM Modi nor Bihar chief minister Nitish Kumar are true mass leaders.“The administration was deployed to gather the crowd. The people have been brought forcefully,” Tejashwi alleged on Friday.“Did this used to happen before 2005, when the only job officials had was to gather crowds? PM Modi or CM Nitish Kumar are not mass leaders. Lakhs of people will gather if Lalu Ji simply stands on the road.”Tejashwi accused the BJP of misusing government machinery and public funds to stage a crowd, adding,“They have been spending the Bihar government’s money for so many days, still there is no crowd.

Hence, officials were deployed. This is the truth.”

His remarks came just hours after PM Modi launched a scathing attack on the RJD-Congress alliance, blaming them for Bihar’s past struggles with poverty, crime, and migration.“The people of Bihar have ended the jungle raj created by the Congress-RJD combine,” Modi told the crowd in Siwan, while also accusing the opposition of insulting Babasaheb Ambedkar.He claimed that while his government stood for “Sabka Saath, Sabka Vikas,” the RJD was focused on “Parivaar Ka Vikas.”

With the Bihar assembly elections just months away, both camps are escalating rhetoric. While Modi showcased NDA’s development record, Tejashwi attempted to undercut the PM’s popularity on the ground, laying the groundwork for a high-stakes battle ahead.