Saurav Kumar:Patna
Prime Minister Narendra Modi
delivered a strong message on the mob killing of a Muslim man over beef rumours
in Dadri U.P. on Thursday at a rally in Bihar Nawada. He said, "Hindus
must decide whether they want to fight Muslims or poverty. Muslims must decide
whether they want to fight Hindus or poverty." The PM has been targeted for days over his
silence on Dadri murder case. In a democracy everyone has the right to speak
their mind. He added, “the bigger inspiration was blessed upon us by the
president to follow his path."
"Pranab Mukerjea, President
of India, said on Wednesday in his brief statement on the background of
incident in Dadri after the rumours of beef eating that we must set up in our mind
the values of foundation of diversity, tolerance and pluralism of Indian civil
society."
Proclaiming that the youth of
Bihar will 'change the state's destiny', Prime Minister said at a rally in
Munger on Thursday, that the people in the poll-bound state should vote to end
'jungle raj'. This was the first of four rallies on Modi's campaign schedule
for the day.
Taking a dig at the government's
response to the announced special package worth Rs 1.65 crore to Bihar,
Modi said, "The people want development, not false promises about special
packages." Criticising the inaction of previous governments, he questioned
why the youth in the state are forced to migrate to other parts of the country.
Modi launched a full-frontal
attack on the RJD-JD(U)-Congress combine's grand alliance and said that the
people of Bihar have already decided to bring in the BJP-led NDA alliance to
form the next government.
"Bihar has decided to bring
in the NDA government and move towards vikaasvad,"
Modi said, while addressing a huge crowd in Begusarai.
Modi, who has been silent over
the Dadri lynching case so far, slammed Lalu Prasad Yadav for his remark on
the issue and said, he insulted the people of Bihar and particularly
Lalu's own community, the Yaduvanshis who had brought him to power. The prime
minister has clearly identified the most relevant issues for him, as he made
the same points at the Munger rally, albeit in a different order.
Modi said that the alliance is
like the house of Bigg Boss. "They don't trust each other. They cannot
stand each other. But they still want to form a government together. Before you
vote, ask yourself — what has the maha-swaarth-bandhan done
for you in the past 60 years?"
Modi
said in Samastipur that the people of Bihar will teach a lesson to political
parties which display arrogance. He raised the issue of lack of infrastructure
and development in Bihar, asking, "Does Bihar not want good roads and good
education?"
Modi
also took a dig at caste politics ahead of elections in the state, saying,
"Politicians who spread the venom of casteism cannot lead Bihar to
progress." He also repeated his exhortation to the people to choose
between Jungle Raj and Vikaas Raj.
While
speaking about the lack of infrastructure in the state, he also spoke about the
need for toilets for women, saying that they have to go out at night to relieve
themselves.
