BUXAR/ARA: Chief minister Nitish Kumar on Sunday reiterated his government’s achievements in the last 15 years and promised one veterinary hospital for every 10 panchayats and shelter homes for the old persons for their proper care if people voted the NDA to power again.
Nitish, along with his deputy and senior BJP functionary Sushil Kumar Modi, addressed meetings at Nawanagar in Dumraon for his party candidate Anjum Ara, at Chausa in Buxar for BJP candidate Parshuram Chaturvedi, at Tarari for BJP candidate Kaushal Kumar Vidyarthi and at Jagdishpur for JD(U) candidate Shushumlata Kushwaha.
The JD(U) president targeted RJD and its chief Lalu Prasad. “After sunset, it was difficult for the people to step out of their residences. Roads were in dilapidated condition. Doctors and traders were kidnapped before 2005,” he said while referring to the 15 years’ rule of Lalu Prasad and his wife Rabri Devi.
Highlighting his party’s slogan “growth with justice”, Nitish said power, sanitation, health, education and road remained his priorities. Nitish said people had given them (Lalu-Rabri) chance for 15 years. “But their rule was known for massacre, kidnappings and lawlessness. Pati andar gaye aur patni ko bitha diya shashan karne ko. For them family means only pati, patni and their children. On the contrary, when people gave us a chance to govern, we considered whole Bihar as our family and worked tirelessly for the development of every section of the society. We never cared about who votes for us and who don’t,” he said.
Nitish further said: “Unhone garibon ke kandhe pe rakhkar banduk chalaya, unke liye kuchh kam nahi kiya. “If you want more development, bring back the NDA government,” he said.
The CM focused on his party’s support base of women and the extremely backward castes (EBCs) and reminded them of the steps taken by his government for their proper development. He referred to the large-scale women’s representation in the local bodies and panchayats. “The number of women in Bihar police force is perhaps the highest in the country,” he said.
While Nitish, without taking the name of Opposition’s CM face Tejashwi Prasad Yadav, highlighted his “inexperience” and accused him of making illogical statements against him to get publicity, SuMo was severe in his attack on the Lalu’s son. “See a man who failed in Class IX and has no history of any family business is today the owner of 52 properties at an age of 31. Even PM Narendra Modi, who has been Gujarat CM for a long time and the PM for last six years, is no match to him financially,” SuMo said.