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Prime Minister Narendra Modi termed the National Democratic Alliance win in Bihar as a vote for pro-people governance and vowed to throw out ‘jungle raj’ from West Bengal, saying the Bharatiya Janata Party’s victory march will follow the flow of river Ganga from Bihar to Bengal.
Addressing a thanksgiving function at the BJP headquarters in New Delhi as reported by PTI , Modi also set sights on other poll-bound states, saying the massive victory in Bihar has infused fresh energy in party workers of Kerala, Tamil Nadu, Puducherry, Assam and West Bengal where elections are due next year.
“The victory in Bihar has paved the way for the BJP’s triumph in Bengal. I want to assure the people of West Bengal that, with your support, the BJP will put an end to the jungle raj in the state as well,” he said.
The prime minister greeted party workers at the BJP headquarters in New Delhi by waving the ‘gamchha‘, the ubiquitous long cotton scarf worn by most people in Bihar and other eastern states amid chants of ‘Modi-Modi’ and ‘Bharat Mata ki Jai’.
As a symbolic gesture to connect with the people of Bihar on the occasion, PM Modi wore a ‘gamchha‘ with Mithila painting on it and began his speech with chants of ‘Chhathi Maiyya ki Jai‘.
He termed the victory in Bihar as a mandate for politics of good governance and hailed the leadership of Chief Minister Nitish Kumar and the contribution of all NDA leaders including Chirag Paswan, Jitan Ram Manjhi and Upendra Kushwaha.
“If the people are re-electing the BJP-led NDA government, it signifies the establishment of a pro-people, pro-governance and pro-development agenda. This represents a new foundation in Indian politics,” the prime minister said.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi further said there is ‘deep disappointment and anger’ brewing within the Congress over the path on which its ‘naamdaars’ are taking it on and a ‘major split’ could hit the party ahead.
“The basis of the Congress’ politics is now just negative politics. Sometimes it gives the slogan of ‘chowkidar chor hai‘, other times it wastes the time of Parliament, sometimes it attacks institutions, sometimes it raises questions on EVMs, sometimes it abuses the Election Commission, other times it makes false allegations of ‘vote chori’, divides people on caste and religious lines, and puts forward the agenda of the enemies of the country,” he said.
“The Congress has no positive vision for the country. The truth is that today the Congress has become the Muslimleegi Maowadi Congress — MMC. The Congress’ entire agenda revolves around this, so now a new faction is emerging within Congress itself, which is uncomfortable with this negative politics. There is deep disappointment and deep anger brewing within the party regarding the path on which the ‘namdaars‘ of the Congress are taking the party on,” Modi said.
“I suspect there might be another major split in Congress ahead,” he said.
