Also in Bihar, two crown princes are fighting to save their throne, Prime Minister Modi said.
Patna (Bihar):
Prime Minister Narendra Modi, doubling down on his pressure for Bihar’s votes today, extended the Yuvraj (crown prince) jibe to two other leaders – Rahul Gandhi and Akhilesh Yadav – and cited the BJP victory over them in neighboring Uttar Pradesh a few years ago. Also in Bihar, two crown princes are fighting to save their throne, he said, without naming Rahul Gandhi, who held a series of rallies in the state earlier this week. The other is Tejashwi Yadav, whom he referred to as “Jungle Raj ka Yuvraj” earlier this week in the most direct attack to date against Lalu Yadav’s 31-year-old political heir.
“Three or four years ago, even in the elections in Uttar Pradesh, the double princes shook hands with people from the top of the buses. They were forced to return home by the inhabitants of Uttar Pradesh”, he said, referring to the alliance between Mr. Gandhi and Akhilesh Yadav, the political heir of Mulayam Singh Yadav, the patriarch of the Samajwadi Party.
“A prince there has now met the prince of Jungle Raj,” he said, adding that like Uttar Pradesh, the two “crown princes” will bite the dust in Bihar.
“Today in front of Bihar there is a government of ‘twin engines’,” he said, citing Tejashwi Yadav’s intimidation of the BJP and Janata Dal state alliance government United by Nitish Kumar.
“On the other side, there are double-double crowns. One of them is also the crown prince of Jungle Raj,” he added, without naming Rahul Gandhi, whose Congress is a partner of the Grand Alliance of Rashtriya Janata Dal of Tejashwi Yadav and the Left Party.
“The twin-engine government of the NDA is committed to the development of Bihar. Thus, the double-crowned princes fight to save their thrones,” Prime Minister Modi said at the first of four rallies of the day in Chhapra, the territory. scored by Lalu Yadav.
For the past decade, Mr. Gandhi has been the target of criticism from the BJP over his Nehru-Gandhi legacy. Tejashwi Yadav was also targeted during his parents’ 15-year rule in Bihar – labeled “Jungle raj” by rival parties over his public order concerns.
Tejashwi Yadav refused to respond to the “Crown Prince of the Jungle Raj” jibe.
The young leader – who drew massive crowds at his rallies with his issues-focused campaign – said: “He is the prime minister of the country, he can say anything.” Then he added explicitly that if Prime Minister Modi came to Bihar, he could have spoken of “more important issues”, such as a special program or unemployment.
In a tweet a few minutes later, Congressman Randeep Singh Surjewala hit back at the alliance government, citing the prime minister’s comments on the chief minister in 2015 when they were on the opposite side.
“Respected Modi-ji, in the 2015 election you said that Nitish Kumar had an ’18th century’ mentality. Today you called his government a “double engine”. The truth is, this is a “double deception” government. is jumlebaz (the one who makes false promises) and the one who deceives. The voters of Bihar will give you the treatment you deserve, ”he said in a Hindi tweet.
Tejashwi Yadav responded with a list of points he said the prime minister had not addressed.
“The respected PM did not explain why the unemployment rate was 46.6% in Bihar despite the twin-engine government. What is the reason for the migration to the state. According to NCRB data, Bihar is still leading the crime rate. According to NITI Aayog, the state is still lagging behind in health and education “, reads his tweet in Hindi.
