‘Jungle Raj’, Maa Sita & Lalu Prasad’s Scams: Amit Shah Asks Bihar BJP To Stick To three-Level Mantra – News18
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Union House Minister Amit Shah held a one-and-a-half hour assembly in Patna with the Bihar BJP organisation members. This was adopted by a core committee assembly of state leaders
Union House Minister Amit Shah being greeted by Bihar BJP chief Dilip Jaiswal in the course of the get together’s core committee assembly, in Patna on March 29. (Picture: PTI)
Earlier than sounding the proverbial ballot bugle on Sunday in Bihar’s Gopalganj, the place meeting elections are due in October-November, Union House Minister Amit Shah gave a three-point mantra – jungle raj, Sita, and corruption – to the BJP’s state management to deal with.
Shah held a one-and-a-half hour assembly late on Saturday (March 29) in Patna with the Bihar BJP organisation members. This was adopted by a core committee assembly of state leaders.
These current at that closed-door assembly mentioned the house minister gave them a primary three-word method to deal with for victory within the elections: RJD’s jungle raj, the BJP’s promise to construct a grand temple for Sita, and the scams by former chief minister Lalu Prasad Yadav.
‘JUNGLE RAJ’
“Remind individuals of the times of the ‘jungle raj’ of the RJD (Rashtriya Janata Dal) and its social influence, was the clear instruction from Amit Shah ji,” mentioned a Bihar BJP chief on situation of anonymity.
“Many through the years could have forgotten the times of kidnapping and homicide. There’s a complete lot of recent voters who’ve solely heard about it. Any more, it is going to be the BJP’s primary job to coach the individuals of Bihar about these darkish days,” the chief mentioned, including that ‘jungle raj’ will quickly be the buzzword within the state.
On Sunday, addressing a public rally at Gopalganj, Shah tore into the RJD with the ‘jungle raj’ narrative. “What did Lalu Yadav’s authorities do in Bihar from 1990 to 2005? Lalu Yadav’s authorities defamed Bihar within the nation and the world by doing a fodder rip-off in your entire state. His authorities will all the time be often called ‘jungle raj’ within the historical past of Bihar,” he mentioned.
“After they have been in energy (with Tejashwi as deputy chief minister), we noticed the law-and-order scenario. Now we have just lately seen Subhash Yadav say the epicentre of your entire kidnapping racket of CM home (throughout Lalu Prasad Yadav’s tenure) and when the identical members of the family are saying we don’t have to say something. Individuals know this. A technology had forgotten it. However they’ve now seen it on this yr or within the two years of the RJD-JD(U). Mainly, the RJD is synonymous with unhealthy legislation and order,” BJP nationwide spokesperson Guruprakash, who’s from Bihar, instructed News18.
SCAMS
Throughout Saturday’s assembly, Shah is believed to have instructed the state BJP to remind individuals, and remind Bihar of Lalu Prasad Yadav’s scams. In relation to Lalu Prasad, everybody is aware of he’s a convict out on bail that appears to have been normalised. Shah desires the BJP to go to voters and record out the scams for which he was convicted.
No marvel, on Sunday itself, Shah talked about the fodder and bitumen scams on the Gopalganj rally. “These scams introduced a foul title to Bihar. The 15-year RJD rule in Bihar will all the time be recognized for corruption, lawlessness and mass killings,” he mentioned.
The fodder rip-off was a scandal involving the embezzlement of about Rs 940 crore from the state’s funds. Lalu Prasad was convicted by a particular CBI court docket. Within the bitumen rip-off in Ranchi, in the meantime, the CBI court docket just lately pronounced its verdict after 28 years. The court docket has sentenced 5 convicts, together with former state minister Md Ilyas Hussain, to a few years of imprisonment every.
RELIGION
If elections are right here, can faith be far behind? Whereas Shah had made a promise to construct a “grand Sita temple” in Bihar identical to the one in Ayodhya, on Saturday, he’s believed to have requested the BJP management to hammer the purpose.
A supply mentioned they’ll significantly deal with the Mithila area from the place Sita is believed to have belonged. In Mithilanchal, Hindu deity Ram’s spouse is subsequent to none. Many even think about her a sufferer and, therefore, have a matriarchal wedding ceremony ritual.
Shah has, therefore, chosen to honour “Mata Sita” and take her title in the identical breath as Ram. On Sunday, he reiterated that the NDA authorities can be establishing an enormous temple on the birthplace of Sita in Bihar. He even added that the Nitish Kumar-led authorities is creating ‘Punaura Dham Janki Mandir’, a Hindu pilgrimage website in Sitamarhi district, usually believed to be Sita’s birthplace.
Shah first revealed the thought just a few days in the past whereas addressing a Shashwat Mithila Mahotsav 2025 occasion in Ahmedabad final week. He had mentioned: “Now we have already constructed Ram temple at Ayodhya, now it’s time to assemble a grand Sita temple in Bihar (in Sitamarhi).”
