Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Friday flayed former ally Nitish Kumar, accusing the Bihar chief minister of 바카라backstabbing바카라 the BJP and trying to fulfil prime ministerial ambitions while 바카라sitting in the laps of Congress and RJD바카라.
At a rally held in this north Bihar town, Shah asserted that the 바카라jodi바카라 of Kumar and RJD president Lalu Prasad will be 바카라wiped out바카라 (바카라soopda saaf바카라) in the 2024 Lok Sabha polls and, a year later, the BJP will win a majority on its own in the state assembly elections.
Widely regarded as the BJP바카라s principal strategist, Shah arrived in Bihar on his first trip since the party was robbed of power in the upheaval last month. He, however, refrained from joining issue with the contention of Kumar바카라s JD(U) that the BJP had tried to 바카라break바카라 the party.
바카라The number of seats won by Kumar바카라s party in 2020 assembly polls was nearly half of our tally. BJP showed magnanimity (바카라badappan바카라) in backing him as the CM in keeping with its earlier promise. But, with the Lok Sabha polls nearing, his prime ministerial ambitions got the better of him and he backstabbed us,바카라 alleged Shah.
The JD(U) has been indirectly blaming the BJP for the fall in its tally in the last assembly polls when the Lok Janshakti Party, then headed by Chirag Paswan, fielded many saffron party rebels against candidates of the chief minister바카라s party.
Shah mocked the seven-party ruling 바카라Mahagathbandhan바카라, which also includes three Left parties, for raising apprehensions that the BJP leader바카라s two-day trip of Seemanchal region could lead to communal polarisation in the area, which has a high concentration of Muslims.
바카라The new regime has led to an atmosphere of fear in these border districts. But with (PM) Narendra Modi around, none of you need to be afraid. All of you have been elated over scrapping of Article 370, which wiped off a stigma from the forehead of Mother India. I challenge Lalu and Nitish to utter a word in appreciation of the move,바카라 the home minister said.
The BJP leader also raked up Kumar바카라s unsteady relations with colleagues like George Fernandes and Sharad Yadav, blaming it on the CM바카라s 바카라lack of ideological commitment바카라 and 바카라excessive attachment to his chair바카라.
He also sought to drive a wedge between the JD(U) leader and the latter바카라s arch-rival Prasad, saying, 바카라Tomorrow, Nitish Kumar might dump the RJD and form a new front with Congress and the Left or he may even seek rapprochement with the BJP바카라.
바카라He (Kumar) cut his political teeth taking part in the anti-Congress stir of 1970s. Now, he is sitting in the laps of Congress and RJD바카라 He won the last mandate in the name of Narendra Modi but backstabbed the BJP like he had done eight years ago,바카라 Shah alleged.
Kumar had been a BJP ally since the mid 1990s and served as a minister in the Atal Bihari Vajpayee government before becoming the chief minister of Bihar.
He snapped ties with the BJP in 2013, following differences over elevation of Modi, then his Gujarat counterpart, on the national stage. Four years later, he was back in the NDA as the BJP readily came out with offer of support when his alliance with Prasad hit the rocks.
Shah, who reached here in the afternoon, is scheduled to spend the night in adjoining Kishanganj, which is the only district in Bihar with a more than 50 per cent Muslim population. Besides the rally, he is scheduled to hold meetings with the state BJP core committee, comprising about 20 top leaders, and office-bearers of various district units.
On Saturday, Shah is slated to hold meetings with administrative officials before his departure.
(With PTI Inputs)
