Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) leader Tejashwi Yadav recently criticized Prime Minister Narendra Modi, alleging that the Prime Minister’s strong statements regarding infiltration in Bihar were merely ‘diversionary tactics’ ahead of the state’s upcoming Assembly elections.
Yadav’s comments came in response to PM Modi’s speech at a rally in Purnia, where the opposition party was accused of ‘shielding and defending infiltrators’.
During his address, the Prime Minister had also claimed that illegal immigration was leading to a ‘demographic crisis’ and causing citizens to ‘worry about the honour of their sisters and daughters’.
In a direct challenge, Yadav, whose party enjoys significant support among minority communities, questioned the ruling party’s actions. “Let us, for a moment, assume that there are infiltrators in Bihar. Then the question arises, what have you (Modi) been doing all along? You have been in power for 11 years. Besides, you (BJP-led NDA) have been ruling the State for 20 years,” he stated.
The Leader of the Opposition in the Bihar Assembly further pressed the issue, asking if the current administration had successfully identified even a single infiltrator within the state.
Yadav claimed, “I must point out that it is a bogey they had similarly raised in Jharkhand last year when Assembly polls were underway there. Now they have forgotten about that.”
The former Deputy Chief Minister asserted that “The issue of infiltration is raised as diversionary tactics. The NDA realizes its failure in providing good governance, ensuring that people had jobs, education, health care, and their grievances were quickly and effectively redressed.” He expressed confidence that the INDIA bloc would “defeat the NDA in the polls.”
Concluding his remarks, the RJD leader declared, “We will form a government that ensures ‘padhaai’, ‘dawaai’, ‘kamaai’, ‘sunwaai’ aur ‘karwaai’ (education, medicines, jobs, grievance redressal and taking measures to resolve issues). I am starting Bihar Adhikar Yatra with this very message.”