Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra on Monday took a dig at Prime Minister Narendra Modi for repeatedly accusing opposition leaders of insulting Bihar, and urged him to form an "Apmaan Mantralaya" (Ministry of Insults).
Addressing a poll rally at Sonabarsa in Saharsa district, Priyanka said that PM Modi keeps raising "unnecessary issues" instead of speaking about "corruption or misrule of the NDA government in Bihar."
"Instead of talking about development, the prime minister keeps accusing every opposition leader of insulting the nation and Bihar. He should form a new ministry -- Apamaan Mantralaya -- because that's what his government seems most focused on," she said.
PM Modi has been targeting leaders of the Congress and the RJD, accusing them of insulting "Chhathi Maiyya," having "problems with the Ram temple in Ayodhya," and "protecting infiltrators."
Priyanka also urged the prime minister to speak about what the NDA government has done for Bihar.
"Before announcing doles for Bihar during elections, Modi and Amit Shah should first answer what the NDA did for the state in the last 20 years," she said.
The Congress general secretary repeated her allegation that the Bihar government is being "remote-controlled" from Delhi.
"Nitish Kumar doesn't run the Bihar government. It is the prime minister and people at the Centre who are running the show," she said.
The NDA government in Bihar is threatening people's right to vote guaranteed by the Constitution, she alleged.
Slamming the ruling alliance over joblessness, she said, "The youth of Bihar are forced to leave the state because there are no jobs here. All major PSUs that used to generate employment have been handed over to big corporates that are friends of the BJP."
(With inputs from PTI)