Katihar, Nov 3: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday alleged that the RJD and Congress were hatching a “dangerous conspiracy” of upsetting demographic balance by encouraging infiltration in the Seemanchal region.
Addressing a rally in Katihar, one of the districts in Bihar with a sizeable population of Muslims, Modi lambasted the opposition for “surrendering before extremists”.
“I want to bring to the people’s notice a dangerous conspiracy that the RJD and the Congress are involved in, in Katihar and in adjoining districts like Araria and Purnea,” said Modi, who spent a few minutes of his half-hour-long speech, dwelling on the problem of illegal immigration.
“This Seemanchal region has been like a sentinel (prahari) for our culture and civilisation. But, for the past few years, RJD and Congress have been trying to upset the demographic balance here for the sake of a few votes,” alleged the PM, who had spoken of the need for a “demography mission” in his Independence Day speech.
He alleged that the RJD and the Congress are, thus, putting the future of Bihar at risk and endangering “your children, including daughters”
“Congress and RJD have surrendered before extremists. When the BJP-led NDA speak of the need to drive out the infiltrators, the opposition parties spring to their defence,” he alleged.
“They tried to thwart the triple talaq bill and have the temerity to say they will tear to pieces the Waqf Act, which has been passed by Parliament,” he added.
Modi alleged that the two parties were evidently fond of kattar panthis (extremists) and kattas (country-made pistols).
“But the people must decide whether they can let the infiltrators demand a share in their entitlements,” he said.
“Certainly, the poor people, including my Mahadalit brethren, will not be in favour of the infiltrators enjoying benefits meant for them, like free ration and free health insurance,” he said.
‘Tejashwi trying to hide Lalu’s sins’
The prime minister on Monday claimed that the INDIA bloc’s CM candidate Tejashwi Yadav was trying to “hide the sins” of his father Lalu Prasad, relegating his pictures to the corner of RJD’s poll posters.
The PM made the remark at a rally in Katihar district, where he did not mention the father-son duo by their names but used the expression jungle raj ke yuvraaj (crown prince of lawlessness) to point towards Yadav.
“What is sin he is hiding by not having the pictures of his own father, whom you claim to be such a tall leader and was a CM for years, on RJD posters? Perhaps it is because he has become aware that the big leader carries the baggage of jungle raj,” he alleged.
The PM also alleged that while the RJD was controlled by “the most corrupt family in Bihar”, its ally Congress was run by “the most corrupt family in the country”.
Earlier, addressing a rally in Saharsa, Modi charged the RJD with having stalled development projects in Bihar by putting pressure on the Congress-led UPA government at the Centre to “avenge” its ouster from power in the state in 2005.(PTI)
