Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Sunday said that the Opposition will be wiped out in the first phase of the polls itself as he asked the people of Bihar to press the EVM button in favour of NDA candidates. Shah on Sunday addressed back-to-back rallies in Sasaram and Arwal towns of Bihar.
“I can tell you, in advance, the outcome of the ongoing elections. This is my 37th rally in the state, and I can say that Lalu ji [RJD chief Lalu Yadav] and his allies are going to be wiped out in the first phase itself.” “Press the EVM button, in favour of NDA candidates, with such force that it sends shock waves as far as Italy”, added the BJP leader, in a tongue-in-cheek reference to Gandhi`s maternal roots in the European country.
The former BJP president further charged the INDIA bloc with trying to build a “corridor for infiltrators”, unlike Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who wanted to “set up an industrial corridor”. “Recently, Rahul and Lalu’s son [Tejashwi Yadav] took out a ‘Voter Adhikar Yatra’. It was not aimed at bringing about any improvement in the lives of the poor living in Bihar, the Dalits and the EBCs. It was aimed at protecting infiltrators,” Shah alleged.
Shah also bristled at Gandhi’s charge that votes were being stolen in the country, and asked, “If he thinks there is ‘vote chori’, why does he not lodge a formal complaint with the Election Commission?”.
They will be caught: Rahul
Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Sunday claimed that Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Union Home Minister Amit Shah can go anywhere, but they will eventually be caught “for indulging in vote chori”. Gandhi, addressing a poll rally in Bihar`s Kishanganj, also alleged that the BJP and RSS were trying to divide the nation, while the INDIA bloc was making efforts to unite the country.
“Modi, Shah and the Election Commission have no replies to our ‘vote theft’ allegations, as the truth is now out in front of people. The PM, Shah, can go anywhere they like, but they will eventually be caught for indulging in ‘vote chori’,” the LoP in Lok Sabha claimed. Gandhi further asserted that the INDIA bloc will ‘100 per cent form government in Bihar” if the people come together and stop “vote theft”.
“Vote theft is an issue and SIR now, it is about covering it up and institutionalising the system,” the Congress MP claimed. “A few days ago, I gave a presentation on Haryana, and I clearly saw that vote theft was taking place…25 lakh votes were stolen, one in eight votes were stolen,” Gandhi alleged. “After looking at that, after looking at the data, I believe that the same thing happened in MP, Maharashtra and Chhattisgarh. And this is the system of the BJP and EC ,” he charged.
Tej Pratap cites threat to life
Janshakti Janta Dal chief Tej Pratap. FILE PIC
RJD supremo Lalu Prasad’s elder son and Janshakti Janta Dal chief Tej Pratap on Sunday claimed that he has been “under threat” and his enemies might get him “killed”. Yadav, who recently floated his political outfit after being expelled from the RJD by his father, is contesting from the Mahua constituency in the ongoing Bihar assembly polls.
Talking to reporters here, Yadav said, “My security has been increased…I am under threat. My enemies may even get me killed. Everyone seems like an enemy”. He, however, did not divulge the identities of his enemies. Yadav also congratulated his younger brother Tejashwi on his birthday and said, “My blessings are always with him. He should continue to grow further”.
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