BJP will dislodge 'Mahagathbandhan' from power in Bihar in next polls: Amit Shah

Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Sunday asserted that the BJP will dislodge the Mahagathbandhan from power in the next assembly polls in Bihar where the government was BAD characterised by bhrashtachar corruption arajakataanarchy and daman oppressionShah coined the acronym at a public meeting in Hisua falling under Nawada district and the eponymous Lok Sabha constituency squarely blaming the Nitish Kumar government for the communal tension that forced him to cancel a scheduled visit to Sasaram one of the riothit towns earlier in the dayWidely regarded as the BJPs principal strategist Shah described his impression of the situation in Sasaram with a rhetorical flourish claiming log maare jaa rahe hain people were being killed and goliyan chal rahi hain guns were blazingThe administration has so far maintained that riots in Sasaram and Bihar Sharif towns have led to no casualtyThe BJP has blamed the imposition of Section 144 CrPC in Sasaram for the cancellation of the trip there of Shah who was to attend a function on the occasion of Emperor Asokas birth anniversaryHowever the administration in Rohtas district of which Sasaram is the headquarters has claimed no prohibitory orders were clamped and show cause notices have been issued to police personnel who have been caught on camera telling people to stay indoors since Section 144 is in forceI spoke to the Bihar Governor to take stock of the situation Lalan Singh president of JDU is taking exception to that He should remember I am the Home Minister of the country If lawlessness prevails in Bihar I cannot be a mute spectator The state is a part of the country fumed ShahLet Prime Minister Narendra Modi return to power in 2024 and help BJP form its own government in the assembly polls which would follow All the rioters will be hung upside down ulta latka denge said the Home MinisterAlso Read Free electricity jobs for all unemployed if AAP forms govt in Assam KejriwalIn his speech that lasted for less than 30 minutes the former BJP president deftly exposed the fault lines in the Mahagathbandhan recalling the scorn heaped at Nitish Kumar by his current deputy Tejashwi Yadav when the RJD was in the oppositionShah also said Lalu Prasad the RJD president and Tejashwi Yadavs father was hoping that his son will become the Chief Minister but he does not know Nitish He will not hand over power to Tejashwi once his Prime Ministerial ambitions get dashed with Narendra Modis return to powerFacing an uphill task in Bihar where the BJP was stripped of power last year and has to take on the sevenparty ruling coalition Shah nonetheless declared we will win all seats in the state which is home to 40 Lok Sabha constituenciesShah reiterated that Kumar who ditched the BJP in August last year will never be acceptable as an ally againThe Home Minister also accused the former coalition partner of being in the same league as staunch opponents like RJD Congress and West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjees Trinamool CongressCongress JDU RJD and Mamata all used to oppose the construction of the Ram temple at Ayodhya But Modi ji laid the foundation stone one morning and now a temple that seems to be reaching the skies is coming up said Shah who also rued the opposition to scrapping of Article 370 which helped complete integration of Jammu and KashmirShah who reached Bihar Saturday evening and held hectic parleys with BJP leaders at his hotel before leaving for Hisua accused his opponents of politics of appeasement which had helped terrorism to flourishIn an apparent riposte to Nitish Kumars repeated complaint that the NDA never agreed to his demand for special status to Bihar Shah asked the Chief Minister to spell out what the UPA Congressled alliance which you have now entered did for the stateThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever