PATNA: Chief minister Nitish Kumar and Mahagathbandhan’s CM face Tejashwi Prasad Yadav continued to cross swords on Saturday as the former addressed five rallies, including digital rally from Patna, while Lalu’s son addressed a marathon 13 rallies.
Addressing one of the rallies in Vaishali, Nitish launched a scathing attack on the RJD, saying the ‘lalten yug’ has ended in Bihar. “Forget about villages, even cities didn’t get proper electricity before we came to power. We made gradual improvements and decided to bring electricity to every house. We had set December, 2018 as the deadline for the same, but we achieved the goal in November itself,” he said.
In another poll rally in LJP founder late Ram Vilas Paswan’s native Alauli assembly segment in Khagaria district, Nitish refrained from speaking anything either against the party or its president Chirag Paswan, who has been attacking him frequently.
Nitish, however, continued to attack RJD, saying it is a joke that those who spent time in encouraging ‘jungle raj’ are today talking about development. “We ended ‘jungle raj’ and established rule of law,” Nitish said and cited the latest report of National Crime Records Bureau that put Bihar on the 23rd position in terms of crime.
Addressing another public meet at Teghra seat in Begsuarai, Nitish took a veiled dig at Tejashwi’s poll announcement of 10 lakh government jobs. “Some people who do not even have knowledge of alphabets or experience are talking of providing jobs to others…this is laughable.”
Tejashwi also launched frontal attacks on Nitish in his rallies. At a rally in Sheikhpura, Tejashwi alleged 60 scams had taken place in Nitish’s regime involving Rs 30,000 crore. “Where has this money gone? He has done nothing in the past 15 years. Even now people have to go outside Bihar for higher education, treatment or in search of a job. He has not established a single factory in the state. Nitish has become a tired CM,” said Tejashwi.
Reiterating his 10 lakh government job promise, Tejashwi said, “Today is Mahaashtami and I have taken pledge to provide 10 lakh government jobs to youths after forming government. This will be done in my first cabinet meeting. Parents will be happy after their children get government jobs.”
The younger Yadav scion also mocked BJP-JD(U), saying while he had only one helicopter for campaign, others were using many resources.
After finishing his speech, Tejashwi could be seen rushing towards the helicopter to avoid the crowd which tried to get closer to him. His rallies were held in Bhagalpur, Banka, Jamui, Munger and Sheikhpura.