“Who is Narendra Modi? He accuses us of doing dynastic politics. What can we do if Modi does not have a family of his own? Why is he childless? He is not even a true Hindu. In Hindu tradition, a son must get his head and beard shaved upon demise of his parent. Modi did not do so when his mother died,” Lalu said at the rally, which was the first show of solidarity by opposition parties after Bihar CM Nitish Kumar’s recent exit from Mahagathbandhan alliance.
Appealing to voters to remove Modi-led NDA from power at Centre, Lalu said: “We will pulverise BJP in Lok Sabha elections. Delhi ke upar kabja karna hai (We have to capture Delhi).”
Slamming Nitish, Lalu said: “Nitish will get a dhakka if he again comes to us.”
Congress’ Rahul Gandhi, who took a break from his Bharat Jodo Nyay Yatra to attend the rally, described Bihar as “nerve-centre of politics”. He accused Centre of working for only “two-three super-rich people” and neglecting marginalised sections of society.
Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge said removing Modi from Centre is a must to save the country.
SP chief Akhilesh Yadav appealed to people to defeat BJP in UP and Bihar.
Bihar’s ex-deputy CM Tejashwi Yadav claimed RJD stood for ‘Rights, jobs and development’.