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Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar and Deputy Chief Minister Samrat Choudhary during a public meeting, in Rohtas district, Bihar. (PTI)
Ahead of Bihar assembly polls, Prime Minister Narendra Modi Friday took a jibe at RJD supremo and Bihar’s former chief minister Lalu Prasad Yadav, claiming that his family stole land from the poor. PM Modi alleged, “Lalu Prasad, his family snatched land from poor people during RJD rule in Bihar. They never thought of the betterment of the poor. That was Jungle Raj.”
“Leaders of the Congress and the RJD only cheated SC, ST, and OBC communities in the garb of social justice. They are responsible for the plight, pain, and suffering of the poor today….now leaders of these parties are again trying to usurp power,” he said, addressing a rally in Bihar’s Karakat.
He also claimed that Congress and RJD used to bring foreigners to Bihar to show the poverty in the state to them.
“Now, when Dalits, the deprived and the backwards society, have left Congress because of its sins, they are remembering social justice to save their existence,” he said further.
He asserted that the country saw a new dawn of social justice in the era of NDA government. “When the NDA government came to power at the Centre in 2014, there were 125 Maoist-affected districts in India; now the count is 18. The day is not far when Maoist violence will be completely eradicated,” he added.
Reaffirming India’s fight against terrorism, the Prime Minister said, “I visited Bihar and said terror camps would be destroyed, and I fulfilled that promise.” “Pakistan and the world have seen the power of India’s daughters’ Sindoor… The world has seen the unprecedented valour and courage of the BSF during Operation Sindoor…Pakistan never imagined that India could take such big decisions,” he said.
He also paid tribute to BSF Sub Inspector Imtiaz, who laid down his life at the border on May 10, during Operation Sindoor.
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Last month, addressing a rally in Bihar’s Madhubani, a day after his government announced a slew of measures against Pakistan in the wake of the Pahalgam attack, Modi said: “Ab aatankiyon ki bachi kuchi zameen ko bhi mitti mein milane ka samay aa gaya hai (the time has come to raze whatever is left of the haven of terrorists).”
PM Modi, who arrived in Patna on a two-day visit to the state, launched development projects worth more than Rs 48,520 crore in Bihar’s Karakat today. He inaugurated the four-laning of the Patna–Gaya–Dobhi section of NH–22, worth around Rs 5,520 crore and four-laning of the elevated highway and grade improvements at Gopalganj Town on NH–27 at an event. Modi dedicated to the nation the third rail line between Son Nagar – Mohammad Ganj, worth over Rs 1,330 crore, among others.