Bihar ruling party leaders are taking names of JP but sitting in the lap of Congress, says Amit Shah

Amit Shah also unveiled a life-size statue of Jayaprakash Narayan at his village

Accompanied with Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath, Union Home Minister and senior BJP leader Amit Shah on October 11, 2022 reached socialist icon Jayaprakash Narayan’s birth place at his ancestral village Sitab Diara in Saran district, situated on the border of Bihar and U.P., and slammed ruling alliance party leaders Nitish Kumar and Lalu Prasad, without taking their names.

“The ruling party leaders of Bihar today are taking names of JP (Jayaprakash Narayan) but sitting in the lap of Congress party. JP had not done anything in his life for power but some people today are changing sides for power”, Mr Shah slammed Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar in a veiled reference.

“For power they discarded JP’s principles”, added Mr Shah.

“Now people of Bihar have to decide whether they wish to have Narendra Modi government which runs on JP’s principles or, those who have digressed from his principles for power”, said Mr Shah who had visited Bihar second time in last one month after JD(U) snapped its ties with BJP in August this year to form mahagathbandhan (grand alliance) government with RJD, Congress, Left and other smaller parties.

Both Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar and RJD chief Lalu Prasad have been product of JP’s total revolution andolan (agitation). “They talk about JP’s principles but have gone to the Congress party against whom JP fought with”, said Mr Shah.

Earlier on September 23-24 , Mr Shah had visited Seemanchal (border) districts of Purnia and Kishanganj in Bihar where he had launched attack on both chief minister Nitish Kumar and Rashtriya Janata Dal chief Lalu Prasad.

Mr Kumar is currently touring several states and meeting political party leaders to forge unity of Opposition parties against BJP and Prime Minister Narendra Modi in 2024 general elections.