Rahul & Tejashwi like UP's failed 2 boys: BJP
Rahul Gandhi
and RJD leader
Tejashwi Prasad Yadav
will jointly campaign in Bihar against the special intensive revision (SIR) of electoral rolls being conducted by the Election Commission of India (ECI) in the state.
Reacting to the announcement, BJP state president Dilip Jaiswal said, "Rahul and Tejashwi will meet the same fate in Bihar as the 'two boys' did in Uttar Pradesh." Jaiswal was referring to the earlier failed alliance between Rahul Gandhi and Samajwadi Party's Akhilesh Yadav in that state. He added, "The Nitish Kumar-led govt has drawn such a long line of development in Bihar that no opposition alliance can do anything against us.
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Jan Suraaj Party founder Prashant Kishor also took aim at the opposition while speaking in Muzaffarpur. Referring to Rahul's proposed tour of Bihar, he said, "They try to fool people for votes. During Covid, people of Bihar walked home from Delhi and Mumbai. What did these opposition leaders do for them then?"
Criticising both Rahul and Tejashwi, JD(U) spokesman Arvind Nishad said, "They have diminished the dignity of the leader of opposition at the Centre and in the state, respectively."
Rahul currently serves as leader of the opposition in the Lok Sabha while Tejashwi holds the post in the Bihar legislative assembly.
Deputy CM Vijay Kumar Sinha said, "They are running away from the truth. The ECI has given a month's time for raising objections. But instead of using that democratic provision, they are going on a yatra."
Sinha's remarks provoked sharp criticism from both the RJD and Congress.
AICC media panellist Premchand Mishra said, "The BJP leader's statement only reveals how frightened they are of Rahul ahead of the elections."
RJD spokesman Rishi Mishra added, "It is unfortunate for the state that we have a deputy CM like Sinha, who never speaks about the work of his department and only engages in divisive politics."
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