On the last day of election campaigning in Bihar ahead of the second phase of poll, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi said that he is certain that INDIA bloc will form the government in the state, and that ‘vote theft’ by the NDA will be a thing of the past.
Both, Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Union Home Minister Amit Shah, will eventually be caught “for indulging in vote chori”, Rahul said while addressing poll rallies in Kishanganj and Purnea on Sunday.
“Modi, Shah and the Election Commission have no replies to our ‘vote chori’ (vote theft) allegations, as the truth is now out in front of people… The PM, Shah… they can go anywhere they like, but they will eventually be caught for indulging in ‘vote chori’,” the former Congress president claimed.
On his recent press conference, in which he levelled allegations of vote theft in Haryana elections on the ruling NDA and the Election Commission of India, Rahul said nobody can say that he is lying.
“I recently exposed ‘vote chori’ on a big scale in Haryana, which has around two crore voters, and where the electoral roll had around 25 lakh names. Till date, neither Modi nor (Chief Election Commissioner) Gyanesh Kumar have had the courage to stand up say ‘Rahul Gandhi is telling a lie’,” he said.
If the people come together and stop “vote theft”, said Rahul, INDIA bloc will “100 per cent form government in Bihar”.
“In Bihar, I can say with certainty that the ‘Mahagathbandhan’ (INDIA bloc in local parlance) is going to form the next government. There is a cent per cent chance. But, you must prevent the BJP from vote theft. Be on guard at polling stations on the day when votes will be cast (November 11). It is now the duty of every youngster, labourer and farmer to thwart vote theft in Bihar,” Rahul said.
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On Shah’s accusations of “supporting infiltrators” in the ‘Seemanchal’ region of Bihar, Rahul said it was the BJP and the RSS that had been pursuing a “divisive agenda” in the area, which has a substantial Muslim population.
“I have been fighting against their divisive agenda for some time. Modi and the BJP-RSS are full of divisiveness and hatred. I, on the other hand, have love flowing in my veins,” he said, adding, “Modi and Shah are scared of the people’s voice. They have betrayed the soul of India. They are bound to be caught.”
Blaming the state chief minister, Nitish Kumar, for forcing the people of Bihar to seek employment as labourers outside Bihar, the Rae Bareli MP said Nitish should be questioned on why he had failed to set up food processing units in a state that has a rich harvest of fish and foxnuts (makhana).
“Nitish Kumar should tell us why in 20 years he has not been able to set up food processing units in a state which has such a rich harvest of fish and foxnuts (makhana),” he said.
“People from Bihar can be seen in cities like Bengaluru and far-flung states like Arunachal Pradesh, helping build roads, schools, colleges and hospitals. Why can such hard-working people not get work at home?” Rahul asked.
Alleging that Nitish Kumar “does not want employment for the youth of Bihar”, the Congress leader said it is paradoxical that Amit Shah claimed there’s scarcity of land in Bihar, yet thousands of acres are being given to corporate houses at throwaway prices.
“Amit Shah has the temerity to say that because of scarcity of land, Bihar cannot witness industrial growth. But, his government finds a way out for giving away 1,000 acres of land, at a throwaway price, to a business house,” he said, hinting at a power plant in Bhagalpur district.
“I can tell you with certainty that the BJP-led government will not be able to form the next government in the state. Nitish Kumar will never be able to head a government in Bihar,” the Congress leader added.
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