Narendra Modi's Bihar visit was an empty bundle: Manoj Kumar Jha
Mr. Jha also said that his speech was an empty bundle and Mr. Modi made a mockery of democracy by calling the ₹7200 crore scheme a (Saugaat) gift.
He pointed out that everyone knows that the development schemes run through the government with the hard-earned tax money of the poor, farmers, labourers, doctors, lawyers, businessmen of Bihar.
'The kind of language he used is not something that we associate with democracy but with monarchy. Neither is he a Mughal emperor nor any king, he should avoid such vocabulary. It is not appropriate at all. The Prime Minister should stop using such terminology,'Mr. Jha said while addressing the press at the party office.
He added, 'It is a humble request from PM Modi not to change the wrapper of running projects, nor to change the wrapper of those projects which have already been announced in the budget. We don't have any ill intention towards any of the states, but all the capital flow is for Gujarat, and you come to Bihar to inaugurate B-grade trains so that labourers can go to Gujarat.'
Lashing out at the PM, Mr. Jha alleged that Mr. Modi does everything for Gujarat but nothing for Bihar.
'The tradition of investing capital in Gujarat and taking labourers from Bihar will not continue anymore,'Mr. Jha said.
He asked those who talk about making Patna like Pune should tell whether they have ever seen such scary images in Paras Hospital in Bihar?
The RJD leader mentioned about the private hospital shootout in which a prisoner was shot dead inside hospital by five shooters on Thursday and police are yet to make any breakthrough in the case.
The RJD leader asserted that what will Mr. Modi say when the situation in Bihar is like Mahajungle Raj and he also knows that a government with no sensitivity is running in Bihar.
Without naming anyone, Mr. Jha alleged that the government in Bihar is running from Delhi Durbar and those who were supposed to run Bihar are not even able to run their own house.
Reminding the PM about his old speech Mr. Jha said that 11 years ago in Motihari Narendra Modi himself had said that he will start the Motihari sugar mill and drink tea from the same sugar mill.
'Till date the people of Motihari are still waiting and thinking that the sugar mill will start functioning before Mr. Modi reaches Motihari today. But nothing happened. His visit was empty bundle without any emotion and vision,'Mr. Jha said.
He asserted that the double engine government is forced to follow the line drawn by RJD leader Tejashwi Yadav for jobs, employment, development, for women and for the poor in Bihar.
Professor Jha listed out that in 17 months, Tejashwi Yadav gave 5.5 lakh jobs and left 3.5 lakh jobs pending.
Expressing confidence, Mr. Jha said that in the coming days, under the leadership of Tejashwi Yadav, investment will come to Bihar and Bihar will bring labourers from Gujarat.
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