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New Delhi, October 26 (IANS) RJD leader and chief ministerial face of the grand alliance, Tejashwi Yadav, on Sunday announced that if his government is formed in Bihar, he will abolish the Waqf law.
Addressing a massive rally in Araria, Yadav said that as chief minister his focus would be on tackling unemployment, improving education and making Bihar the “number one state” in the country.
“I want to tell you that when I become CM, Tejashwi will throw the Waqf Board law bill in the dustbin. When I become CM, every Bihari will become CM – which means ‘chinta mukt’ (free from worries). Bihar today lacks good colleges, education is poor, poverty is high and migration continues. My only dream is to make Bihar number one,” Yadav said while attacking the ruling NDA. “20 Years of Sustainability.”
His comments come amid the growing controversy over a viral video of RJD MLC Qari Sohaib, in whom he was heard saying that the Waqf Bill would be thrown out if Tejashwi Yadav becomes the chief minister.
Earlier in the day, the BJP accused the RJD and its allies of hypocrisy and “endangering the Constitution”.
BJP’s IT cell chief Amit Malviya posted on social media that “those who claim to save the Constitution are the same ones plotting to change it.”
“Such people want to seize the land and rights of Dalits, backward people and tribals,” Malviya said, questioning whether Rahul Gandhi and Tejashwi Yadav – who project themselves as protectors of the Constitution – would take responsibility for such statements.
“Will they allow people like Qari Soheb to take over the land and reservation rights of poor Hindus?” he asked.
In his video, Qari Sohaib had also called for defeating the NDA allies and pledged that once Tejashwi takes power, “all such bills will be rejected” to form a government based on “unity, brotherhood and humanity”.
–IANS
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