BJP, Grand Alliance Face Off In Bihar Rallies Today, Tejashwi Says Saffron Party 'Anxious'

Union Home Minister Amit Shah and Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar will be holding rallies in the state today. Amit Shah is arriving in Bihar today on a day-long visit.

New Delhi: Bihar is set  to witness a show of strength by the Bharatiya Janata Party and the ruling Grand Alliance as both gear up for campainging in the state today. Amit Shah will arrive in Bihar today on a day-long visit. During his visit, Shah will address a public meeting in Lauria under Valmiki Nagar Lok Sabha Constituency in Bihar to strengthen the party activities.

Reacting to Shah’s visit to the state, Bihar Deputy Chief Minister Tejashwi Yadav said that the grand alliance with CM Nitish Kumar has made BJP anxious and they fear that they will lose their seats, as reported by the news agency ANI. Amit Shah is visiting Bihar again and again to gain control, he added.

"Today we are holding a ‘jansabha’, and lakhs of people are going to turn up. Our grand alliance with CM Nitish Kumar made BJP anxious, they fear that they'll lose their seats, that’s why HM Amit Shah is visiting Bihar again & again to gain control," Tejashwi Yadav said as quoted by ANI. He also said that BJP has one job, that is of spreading hate in the society and create riots and on the other side, we will give out a message of peace and harmony. 

"BJP has one job in the nation, to spread hate in the society & create riots. On the other side, we will give out a message of peace and harmony. The people of Bihar have decided to remove the BJP from power in 2024," Tejashwi Yadav said as quoted by ANI.

On the other hand, the Grand Alliance is preparing to answer Union Home Minister Amit Shah through a mega rally in Purnia where Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar, Deputy Chief Minister Tejashwi Yadav, Congress State President Akhilesh Prasad Singh, and other leaders of Grand Alliance are likely to be present.

Shah will address a public rally in the Valmiki Nagar Lok Sabha seat. He will then chair the Core Committee meeting of Valmiki Nagar Lok Sabha seat. State BJP President Sanjay Jaiswal, Union Minister for State Home Affairs Nityanand Rai, senior BJP leaders of Valmiki Nagar Lok Sabha, local MP, MLAs, and district BJP president to be present in the meeting.

Home Minister Amit Shah will then go to Lauria Nandangarh, where Prince Siddhartha (Mahatma Buddha) shed his royal robes and went out searching for knowledge. After that Union Home Minister will head towards the capital Patna to address a Kisan Mazdoor Samagam at Bapu Sabhagar in honour of Swami Sahjanand Saraswati, who was one of the top farmer leaders in the country.