Ahead of the Purnea event, Tejashwi Yadav took potshots at BJP and held it responsible for spreading hate and causing riots in the country
With the 2024 assembly elections slowly approaching in Bihar, parties have geared up to put their best foot forward, while hitting out at those in opposition. As poll campaigns begin in the state, Union Home Minister Amit Shah will address BJP supporters at two places on Saturday. At the same time, Chief Minister Nitish Kumar and his deputy Tejashwi Yadav will hold a joint rally of the ‘Mahagathbandhan’ too.
BJP vs Nitish-led Mahagathbandhan will be at full display in the state. First up, Amit Shah will begin his tour of the state with a public meeting in Balmiki Nagar Lok Sabha constituency, BJP’s stronghold that was given away to the chief minister’s JD(U) in 2019 as part of seat-sharing arrangements.
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This will coincide with the ‘Mahagathbandhan’ rally at Purnea, more than 400 km away, where Nitish Kumar and his 33-year-old deputy will try to sway the public’s opinion towards the mega alliance. They will be joined by smaller allies like the Congress and the Left, trying to display “united opposition.”
Ahead of the Purnea event, Tejashwi Yadav took potshots at BJP and held it responsible for spreading hate and causing riots in the country. “BJP has one job in the nation, to spread hate in the society & create riots. On the other side, we will give out a message of peace and harmony,” he said on Saturday morning.
AMIT SHAH’S GRAND PLANS DURING BIHAR VISIT
Home Minister Amit Shah will represent the saffron party in Bihar ahead of 2024 assembly elections. In Patna, he will be addressing a “Kisan Mazdur Samagam” organised to celebrate birth anniversary of peasant leader and freedom fighter Swami Sahajanand Saraswati. He will be in the state capital a few hours after the rally in West Champaran district, a PTI report said.
He is also scheduled to pay his respects in the evening at Takht Harmandir Patna Sahib, the world-renowned Sikh shrine situated at the place where Guru Gobind Singh was born and had spent his early years.
“The BJP stands on the two pillars of organisational strength and ideological commitment and the Union Home Minister’s Bihar visit is a reaffirmation of the same. The Mahagathbandhan, on the other hand, has chosen the communally sensitive Seemanchal area to play its card of Muslim appeasement,” alleged Nikhil Anand, state BJP spokesman and OBC Morcha national general secretary.
NITISH-LED MAHAGATHBANDHAN’S PLANS TO DRIVE BJP OUT
Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar-led ‘Mahagathbandhan’ will hold a rally at Purnea, more than 400 km away from Amit Shah’s rally, where Kumar will be joined by his 33-year-old deputy. They will be joined by smaller allies like the Congress and the Left, trying to display “united opposition.”
Mrityunjay Tiwari, a spokesman of the RJD, to which the deputy CM belongs and which is also the largest constituent of the “Mahagathbandhan”, hit back.
“The Purnea rally will sound the bugle for the battle to drive the BJP out of power. Amit Shah’s visit will accomplish little. The Home Minister is likely to attempt communal polarization which is the only hope left for the BJP in 2024 elections”, Tiwari alleged.
