Prime Minister Narendra Modi today took a swipe at the INDIA alliance in Bihar saying it
is still stuck on lalten (lantern) in a direct reference to Rashtriya Janata Dal's (RJD)
symbol. “On one hand, India is becoming a new India, on the other hand, the INDI
Alliance of RJD and Congress is still in the 20th century. NDA government says that it
wants to make every house a solar house… But the INDI Alliance is still relying on a
‘Lalten’,” the prime minister said at a rally in Bettiah, Bihar.
“Till the time Bihar was being ruled by the 'Lalten', poverty of only one family was
eradicated, only one family became prosperous,” he said, adding, “When Modi speaks
this truth, they abuse me. The biggest issue of the INDI Alliance, which is full of
corruption, is that Modi does not have a family. They say that the 'Parivaarvadi' leaders
of the INDI alliance should get the license to loot the country.”
It is his fresh attack on the RJD on the heels of Lalu Prasad's Hindu jibe at him. Last
week, the RJD chief had accused PM Modi of being a ‘fake Hindu’ and spreading
hatred.
"Narendra Modi is not a Hindu! Hindu people get tonsured on the death of their
acquaintances, but he (Modi) did not do this even on the death of his mother," Prasad
had said at a rally in Patna.
It is #ModikaParivar for all leaders of the BJP
Within hours as a response, the Bharatiya Janata Party to counter Lalu Prasad, saw its
leaders add ‘Modi Ka Parivar’ to their names on their social media handles in solidarity
with the prime minister.
INDI alliance members speaking against Lord Ram: PM Modi
During his address in Bettiah, the prime minister also referred to remarks made by
leaders of INDIA alliance parties against Lord Ram, the most recent one by DMK's A
Raja.
“The INDI alliance knows that it is going to stand nowhere in the elections. Seeing the
defeat in front of them, now they have made Lord Ram their target… The people of
Bihar are seeing how the members of the INDI alliance are speaking against Lord Ram
and Ram Temple,” he said.
“The people of Bihar are also seeing who is standing with those who are insulting Lord
Ram. These Parivaarvadis kept Ram Lalla in a tent for decades and worked hard to
stop the construction of Ram Temple,” Modi added.