The Union minister of state for handmade the controversial comment at a rally. (FILE)
Patna:
A political storm has erupted in poll-bound Bihar after Union minister Nityanand Rai instructed an election rally that the state would grow to be a protected haven for terrorists from Kashmir if the opposition RJD-led coalition succeeded in forming the subsequent authorities.
The Congress, a constituent of the Grand Alliance, hit again claiming that the BJP has the behavior of dragging Pakistan and Kashmir into the situation at any time when it faces a tricky problem in Bihar polls. The RJD asserted that it’s a ploy of the saffron occasion to divert public consideration from the “misrule” of the NDA.
“Terrorists from Kashmir may begin Bihar as a protected haven (within the occasion of an opposition victory). However we should not let that occur,” Mr Rai, a former president of the BJP’s state unit, could be heard as having stated in video footage, evoking applause from the gang.
The Union minister of state for handmade the controversial comment at a rally held in Mahnar Meeting section in Vaishali district a few days in the past. The matter got here to mild after information channels beamed the footage.
AICC media panellist and Bihar MLC Prem Chandra Mishra hit again at Mr Rai.
“In 2015, Amit Shah had stated throughout Meeting elections that crackers shall be burst in Pakistan if the Grand Alliance gained. Now his junior minister Nityanand Rai has come out with an equally weird assertion,” he stated.
“It’s not a coincidence that at any time when the BJP is confronted with an insurmountable problem in a Bihar election, it drags Pakistan and Kashmir into the electoral discourse. However the voters of Bihar are mature. They’ll see via the sport,” Mr Mishra stated.
RJD chief Tejashwi Yadav, the Grand Alliance’s chief ministerial candidate, sought to make mild of the remarks made by Rai touted because the BJP’s Yadav face in a state the place the sizeable neighborhood has by and enormous remained with the occasion based and headed by Lalu Prasad.
“That is simply an try and divert public consideration from the truth that in its 15 years of rule in Bihar, the NDA has unleashed the phobia of unemployment, poverty and hunger on the hapless folks of the state,” Mr Yadav instructed reporters at his Meeting constituency Raghopur additionally in Vaishali the place he had gone to file nomination papers.
Chief Minister Nitish Kumars JD(U), which was within the Grand Alliance 5 years in the past however is now again within the NDA, defended Rai.
”The Union minister has not stated something objectionable or out of context. Bihar has been rocked by terror strikes just like the Gandhi Maidan blasts. A terrorist like Yasin Bhatkal was caught on its soil. The Darbhanga module was well-known to safety companies.
“If regulation and order deteriorates within the state, as was the case when the RJD was in energy, the opportunity of what Rai has spoken about can’t be dominated out,” JD(U) chief Ajay Alok stated.
In the meantime, Mr Rai remained unfazed by the controversy and continued along with his onerous line whereas sustaining his cheerful countenance.
On Wednesday, he was in Hajipur, the district headquarters of Vaishali, the place he addressed a rally and got here down closely on former Jammu and Kashmir chief minister Farooq Abdullah for looking for revival of the Article 370 of the Structure.
On August 5 final yr, the federal government revoked Article 370 which gave particular standing to Jammu and Kashmir.
“Farooq Abdullah has stated he’ll search China’s help to convey again Article 370. Let or not it’s recognized to him, irrespective of how onerous he tries, 130 crore Indians won’t permit any assault on nationwide integrity,” Mr Rai instructed the gathering.
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