PATNA: Union home Minister and senior BJP leader Amit Shah on Tuesday expressed confidence that the NDA will secure a decisive victory in the Bihar assembly elections, asserting that the ruling alliance will win “more than 160 seats” and form the next government under Chief Minister Nitish Kumar. He dared Congress leader Rahul Gandhi to organise as many as yatras as he can to protect infiltrators, adding that BJP would drive out all of illegal immigrants.
Addressing a rally in Bettiah in West Champaran, Shah took a jibe at Lalu Prasad-led RJD, saying they raised slogans like ‘Shahabuddin amar Rahe’ and dream of ‘jungle raj’, but Bihar will not allow it.
He said, “Champaran is witness to how Bihar’s land remained blood-soaked during RJD’s ‘jungle raj’. How can people forgive these people for unleashing a reign of terror across the state during Lalu and Rabri Devi’s regime.” He said, “NDA will win 160 seats in Bihar, form the government with two-thirds majority,” earlier in the day, at a rally in adjoining Motihari under east Champaran district, Shah fired ‘dynastic politics’ salvo at Congress and RJD, saying that Sonia Gandhi wanted her son to be Prime Minister and Lalu Prasad Yadav and Rabri Devi wished their son Tejashwi Yadav to be chief minister.
“But there is no vacancy on the posts as Narendra Modi is holding the post of PM and Nitish Kumar is serving as CM,” he said, in a veiled attack on RJD-Congress.
Shah also urged voters to press EVM buttons with ‘lotus’ (BJP’s election symbol) to prevent the return of ‘jungle raj’ in Bihar. He alleged that RJD rule ruined the state and pushed it back so far development is concerned.