‘Our fight against ideology of hate, nothing personal against PM Modi, Shah’: Tejashwi Yadav at INDIA bloc’s mega rally
Tejashwi Yadav in his address at the mega rally of ‘Bharat Jodo Nyay Manzil’-INDIA group at Shivaji Park in Mumbai said that the need of the hour is to protect the diversity and brotherhood in the nation and dismantle hateful ideologies .
Lok Sabha elections 2024: RJD leader Tejashwi Yadav on Sunday alleged that the opposition INDIA bloc’s fight was not against Prime Minister Narendra Modi or Union Home Minister Amit Shah personally, but against the “ideology of hatred” that was allegedly being propagated by the ruling BJP.
Addressing the mega rally of ‘Bharat Jodo Nyay Manzil’-INDIA group at Shivaji Park in Mumbai, Yadav said the need of the hour is to protect the diversity and brotherhood in the nation and dismantle hateful ideologies that have ravaged the country over the past decade.
‘Modi wholesaler of lies’
The Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) leader launched a blistering attack on the Prime Minister, calling Narendra Modi a “manufacturer and wholesaler of lies”.
“Modi is a manufacturer, wholesaler and distributor of lies, but truthful people like us are not afraid,” the former deputy chief minister of Bihar claimed, adding that those in the Maharashtra government are “dealers and not leaders”.
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The ruling alliance in the state consists of the Eknath Shinde-led Shiv Sena, the BJP and Ajit Pawar’s Nationalist Congress Party.
“In Maharashtra, only MLAs are forced to defect, but in Bihar they (BJP) have hijacked my chacha,” he said, an apparent reference to Chief Minister Nitish Kumar switching sides and returning to the NDA after leaving the RJD had dumped.
‘Abuse’ of research agencies will be a matter of opinion poll
Tejashwi Yadav, the son and heir apparent of former Bihar Chief Minister and RJD supremo Lalu Prasad Yadav, also alleged that the BJP is ‘misusing’ central agencies like ED and CBI to topple opposition governments in states.
Yadav said the misuse of investigation agencies like CBI and ED against INDIA alliance leaders will be an issue in the Lok Sabha polls.
Speaking to reporters upon his arrival at Mumbai airport earlier in the day, Yadav said, “The ED and CBI are working against the alliance partners and it is the issue on which the alliance will fight the elections.”
The Indian National Developmental Inclusive Alliance (INDIA) consists of the Congress and more than twenty opposition parties, including the Rashtriya Janata Dal.
Electoral bonds are the BJP’s ‘white-collar corruption’: Stalin
Earlier, during the INDIA block meeting, DMK chief MK Stalin termed the now canceled electoral bonds ‘white-collar corruption’ of the ruling BJP and accused Prime Minister Modi of ‘defaming’ the opposition parties by calling them corrupt.
Addressing the mega rally, the Tamil Nadu Chief Minister alleged that the BJP had started ‘fearing’ the word India and stopped using it ever since the opposition named its alliance INDIA (Indian National Developmental Inclusive Alliance).
“This is fear. Prime Minister Modi has started labeling us as corrupt, but electoral bonds have proven that the BJP is corrupt. It is white-collar corruption of the BJP,” Stalin said.
(With PTI inputs)