‘Indian Union wants to take Bihar back to lantern days’: Amit Shah

“Prime Minister Modi has brought about a huge transformation in the lives of poor people,” he said (File)

Katihar (Bihar):

Launching a scathing attack on the Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) leaders, Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Sunday said Bihar has been transformed into “jungle rule” under the Lalu-Rabri government .

Addressing a public rally in Bihar’s Katihar today, Shah said Prime Minister Modi had brought about a huge transformation in the lives of the poor.

‘PM Modi has completed annihilation’Family life‘. Prime Minister Modi has also destroyed the caste system and appeasement and worked towards improving the living standards of every citizen. Prime Minister Modi has brought about a huge transformation in the lives of the poor. Today, Lalu Yadav along with the Congress is taking on the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and JD(U) in the elections. You all remember the Lalu-Rabri government, Bihar was transformed into the “King of the Jungle”. Today he (Lalu Yadav) is sitting with the Congress party and I want to tell him (Lalu Yadav) that the same Congress party is against the backward classes and suppressed the Kaka Saheb Kalekar Committee report and against the Mandal Commission report,” Mr Shah said.

“Atrocities were suffered against the poor, backwards and OBCs. Since the NDA government came to power and Nitish became CM, the atrocities against everyone have stopped. Nitish ji has provided electricity to every village, every household, But the INDI alliance wants to take Bihar back to the lantern days and oppress OBCs,” Mr. Shah added.

Moreover, the Home Minister said Congress and Lalu Yadav have been avoiding Article 370 for 70 years, while Modi lucky Repealed in August 2019.

“Modi lucky Ended Naxalite and fought terrorism. There is a UPA government there and terrorists from Pakistan often come here to carry out bomb blasts.Within 10 days of Uri and Pulwama attacks, Modi lucky Surgical and air strikes were conducted in Pakistan and the terrorists were neutralized,” Mr. Shah said.

Mr. Shah also highlighted that the BJP appointed Narendra Modi as the first OBC Prime Minister.

“We made a poor tea merchant’s son the Prime Minister. Modi made 35 per cent backward and extremely backward MPs ministers in the cabinet and worked on adding 16 new castes to the OBC. We provided free ration to over 8 million people , constructed over 12 crore toilets and provided Ujjwala gas connections to mothers of over Rs 10 crore,” he added.

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