The Congress party on Sunday trained guns on the Bharatiya Janata Party ahead of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's visit to Bihar's Nawada where he will address a poll rally ahead of the Lok Sabha elections 2024. In a social media post on X, Congress MP Jairam Ramesh said that while the party excelled at forcing their way into power," the BJP’s governance has left much to be desired.
Recalling his visit to the Lok constituency before the 2014 polls, Ramesh said that Modi raised the issue of the Warisaliganj Sugar Mill, asking why it had remained defunct for so many years.
"This raised the hopes of thousands of locals, as in its heyday, the mill directly employed 1200 workers and additionally supported hundreds of sugarcane farmers," he said.
Ramesh said that the two MPs from the Lok Sabha seat, Giriraj Singh (2014) and Chandan Singh (2019) also promised to start the sugar mill during their tenure. "Ten years later, all those promises have turned up empty. When the PM visits Nawada this time, he must answer the people - why has the Warisaliganj Sugar Mill remained defunct for the last ten years," he added.
Alleging that the saffron camp "continues to bet on horse-trading", the Congress leader said that no government has been safe from their "political manipulations".
"They do not hesitate to topple governments or use their ill-gotten Electoral Bonds Chanda to buy and sell MLAs in their desperate bids to cling to power - as was evident when Nitish Kumar flip-flopped once again earlier this year," said Jairam Ramesh.
He also commented on the state of education in Bihar alleging to have gone from "bad to worse" in recent years, adding that instead of listening to the concerns of the teachers, the BJP government had them lathi-charged.
RJD, Mahagathbandhan Rattled, Says BJP
Ahead of PM Modi's Nawada visit, National President of Lok Janshakti Party Chirag Paswan said, "It's not just Bihar, but the whole country and even the world have full faith in PM Modi's guarantee...On one side, we have PM's guarantee and on the other side, we have a strong alliance (NDA), which assures that we are going to win 40/40 seats in Bihar..."
BJP national spokesperson, Shahnawaz Hussain said that the Rashtriya Janata Dal and Mahagathbandhan are rattled because of PM Modi's visit.
"They think that they are in a contesting position now by having an alliance with VIP. PM Modi visits Bihar as he loves this place. This time Mahagathbandhan won't get even one seat in the elections, the people of Bihar will give all 40 seats to PM Modi," he said.