New Delhi: Bihar Deputy Chief Minister Samrat Chaudhary on Sunday criticized Congress leader Rahul Gandhi, accusing him of spreading negativity through the party’s ongoing ‘Voter Adhikar Yatra’ in the state.
“Rahul Gandhi, by coming to Bihar, has only spread negativity. The way the respected mother of our beloved Prime Minister Narendra Modi ji was abused from his stage clearly shows that these people do not believe in democracy. They are people with a monarchy mindset,” Chaudhary said.
The yatra, launched in protest against the Election Commission’s Special Intensive Revision (SIR) drive, has been supported by INDIA bloc leaders. It has seen participation from figures such as Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav, who joined in Saran district, and Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M.K. Stalin.
Rashtriya Lok Morcha leader Upendra Kushwaha dismissed the campaign as meaningless. “The yatra that began at zero will also end at zero. They will gain nothing out of this,” he remarked.
The yatra has so far passed through districts including Gaya, Nawada, Sheikhpura, Munger, Darbhanga, Katihar, Muzaffarpur and West Champaran. It is set to conclude in Patna on September 1 after covering Bhojpur.
Chaudhary also took a swipe at RJD leader Tejashwi Yadav for projecting himself as the chief ministerial candidate of the INDIA bloc in Bihar. “I have already said that Bihar’s politics and the country’s politics are alike. In Delhi, there is a ‘Yuvraj’ whose family remained in power for 55 years. In Bihar, there is another who wants to crown himself as king...,” he said.
With the yatra nearing its end, political tensions in Bihar are intensifying ahead of the upcoming elections.