NEW DELHI: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi began his Bihar Assembly election campaign on Wednesday by addressing his first rally in the state. He held two joint public meetings with RJD leader Tejashwi Yadav — the Mahagathbandhan’s chief ministerial candidate — in Sakra (Muzaffarpur) and Darbhanga.
He said Bihar is actually governed by the BJP since Chief Minister Nitish Kumar is “remote controlled” by the BJP which now wants to remove him from the chief ministership.
Rahul said, “Nitish ji’s face is being used. The remote control is in the hands of the BJP. You should not think that the voice of the most backward people is heard there. Three or four people control it. BJP controls it. They have the remote controller in their hands, and they have nothing to do with social justice. I said in front of the Prime Minister in the Lok Sabha that you should get the caste census done. He did not say a single word… BJP is against social justice. They do not want it.”
The joint rallies come a day after the Mahagathbandhan, which includes the Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) and Congress, on Tuesday unveiled its election manifesto titled ‘Bihar Ka Tejashwi Pran’ for the Bihar Assembly polls. The announcement was made in the presence of RJD leader and alliance’s Chief Ministerial candidate Tejashwi Yadav, Vikassheel Insaan Party (VIP) chief and Deputy CM candidate Mukesh Sahani, Congress leader Pawan Khera, and CPI(ML) leader Dipankar Bhattacharya.
WANTS TO SEE ‘MADE IN BIHAR’
Rahul Gandhi said, “Tell me what is written on the back of your phone. Made in China. Narendra Modi ji has destroyed all the small businesses by implementing demonetisation and GST. Wherever you look, it is Made in China. We say that it should not be Made in China, it should be Made in Bihar. Mobiles, shirts, pants, all these should be made in Bihar and the youth of Bihar should get employment in those factories. We want such a Bihar.”
“Your efforts developed cities across India and abroad, why can’t you do the same in Bihar?” Rahul Gandhi asked people at Muzaffarpur rally.
