Patna: ‘Modi ji is a factory of lies and his Bhartiya Janata Party is the dustbin of garbage from other parties,” Tejashwi Yadav said at his Jan Vishwas rally at Patna on Sunday, March 3.
A day ago, Prime Minister Narendra Modi – the target of Tejashwi’s no-holds-barred missile of words – had said in public meetings at Aurangabad and Begusarai that the Rashtriya Janata Party leader was “shy of talking about what his father [Lalu Prasad Yadav] had done.”
“Why is he not talking about his father’s work?” Modi had asked.
The BJP often labels Lalu’s tenure as chief minister, ‘jungle raaj’.
Tejashwi’s speech appeared to directly address Modi’s claim that he is silent on his father:
“Modi ji, please keep your ears open and glasses clean to hear and see me clearly. My father liberated millions of the poor and marginalised people from the bondage of slavery, he gave them voice and liberty. The Railways earned a profit of Rs 90,000 crores during his tenure as the Railway minister. He got wheels and wagon factories opened in Bihar. He regularised the services of coolies and introduced earthen cups for tea in the trains to give employment to potters. What have the Railways done under your rule in the last 10 years?”
Tejashwi has launched this frontal attack on the PM at a time when many opposition leaders are believed be haunted by the fear of central investigating agencies charging them in corruption cases.
