Patna: Ahead of Bihar assembly election, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday called upon people to save the state from ‘bad intentions of RJD and Congress’ and accused these parties of doing politics in the name of the poor, backwards, Dalits and Adivasis all these years.
“What to speak of giving equal rights to the poor, backwards, Dalits and Adivasis, they (RJD-Congress) cannot give even respect to the people outside their families,” Modi commented in a public meeting in Motihari, while obliquely targeting RJD chief Lalu Prasad after a portrait of Babasaheb Bhim Rao Ambedkar was placed near his feet by one of his supporters during his (Lalu) birthday celebrations.
Modi said that RJD had put the brakes on the development of Bihar as even benefits were not reaching to the poor when RJD and Congress were in power. He said that UPA released only around Rs 2 lakh crore when it was in power at the centre as it was taking revenge against Bihar`s NDA government headed by Nitish Kumar and the state itself.
The PM said, “I stopped this old politics as the central assistance to Bihar increased manifold after the formation of the NDA government at the Centre in 2014.”
He said that Bihar had to be made a developed state if eastern India had to be taken forward on the path of growth. “Today, development work is happening in Bihar so fast because there is a government working for Bihar at the centre and in the state,” he remarked.
"Our resolve is that in the coming times, Motihari should be known in the east just like Mumbai is in western India. Just like there are opportunities in Gurugram, Gaya should also have similar opportunities. Like Pune, there should be industrial development in Patna. Like Surat, Santhal Pargana should also develop. Like Jaipur, new records of tourism should be made in Jalpaiguri and Jajpur. Like Bangalore, the people of Birbhum should also progress", he added.
He said,” I had made an announcement about the Operation Sindoor from Bihar and now the entire world is watching its success.”
Modi also flagged off four Amrit Bharat trains and launched projects worth Rs 7200 crore before addressing the gathering.
