Congress chief Sonia Gandhi has slammed the Janata Dal United(JDU) led government in Bihar, a day ahead of the assembly elections scheduled in the state. Seeking “votes for change”, she asked people to vote for the Mahagathbandhan – the alliance that Congress is part of in Bihar.
Apart from Congress, Mahagathbandhan comprises of Communist Party of India (CPI), Rashtriyana Janata Dal (RJD), Community Party of India (Marxist-Leninist) Liberation (CPIML) and Communist Party of India Marxist (CPM), are part of the alliance. Tejashwi Yadav, son of RJD chief and former Bihar chief minister Lalu Prasad Yadav, is the chief ministerial candidate of Mahagathbandhan
“Bihar is known as the melting pot of knowledge. I appeal Bihar voters to vote for Mahagathbandhan; to vote for change. Bihar is in crisis today. Dalits, backward people are being subjected to continuous oppression … the governments in Bihar and the Centre are ‘bandi governments’. They only know notebandi, lockdown leading to economic crisis,” she said in the address that her son Rahul Gandhi shared on Twitter Tuesday morning.
Mrs Gandhi started the video saying, “Dear my brothers and sisters of Bihar. Government in Bihar has gone astray. High on power and its ego, current Bihar government has deviated from its path. Neither their saying nor doing is good. Labourers are helpless, farmers are anxious and youth are disappointed. Public is with Congress Mahagatbandhan and it is the call of Bihar.”
“Bihar has quality, talent, strength and the power of construction. But unemployment, migration, inflation, starvation gave them tears and blisters. Words that can’t be said have to be said with tears. Govts can’t be formed on basis of fear and crime,” she added.
The first phase of polling will be conducted on Wednesday across 71 constituencies in 16 districts. A total of 10,066 candidates are competing.