Bihar Polls: Ban on BJP ads

The sangh parivar is not above using Pakistan as a contemptuous metaphor for Muslim neighbourhoods, especially in Amit Shah’s home state, Gujarat.

Mocking Nitish’ anti-corruption measures he said the Chief Minister claims that he would seize assets of those accused of corruption but had he done done to the properties of his minister or Lalu Prasad, a convict in a corruption case.

The two-week canvassing saw top leaders of the Grand Alliance of the ruling Janata Dal-United, Rashtriya Janata Dal and the Congress and BJP-led National Democratic Alliance (NDA) as well as six left parties, Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) and Samajwadi Party hitting the campaign trail. On 29 October, while addressing a rally in Bihar’s East Champaran district, Shah had said that Pakistan with burst firecrackers in celebration if BJP loses in the Bihar polls.

Even as the voting was on, Prime Minister Modi addressed election rallies in constituencies that will see polling on November 5 – three days before the Bihar result will be known – and urged the people to vote for the BJP-led four-party alliance.

Shahabuddin, a former parliamentarian, is now lodged in Bhagalpur Central Jail. Sushil Modi, Amit Shah and Narendra Modi had made speeches, granted interviews and mounted political advertisements dedicated to dividing the electorate along communal lines. “People will teach him and his party a hard lesson in the polls”. Under Shah, BJP has won a number of state assembly elections, including Maharashtra, Jharkhand and Haryana, but suffered a big defeat in Delhi.

The Prime Minister’s jibe at the Bihar Chief Minister comes in the wake of his video visiting a “tantrik” having gone viral on the social media. It always wants to play this communal card to win elections.

“Now that you are exhausted of abusing Modi, you are abusing Biharis”.

PM attacked the “Mahaswarthbandhan” saying that they are making a mockery of democracy by indulging into dirty tricks of Jantar-Mantarand asked people to decide if they want “Jantar-Mantar” or development.

“The Bihari people changed the fortune of Mauritius after they went there as labourers many decades ago”, he said.

“You ask me the question on November eight”.

“The swelling crowd here shows the mood of Bihar”.

“For the past 25 years, Lalu Prasad Yadav and Nitish Kumar have cheated the farmers of Bihar”.

“Bullets were being fired at railway stations during broad daylight and there was only one industry that of kidnapping”, he said.

Rudy, who is Minister of State (Independent Charge) for Skill Development and Entrepreneurship, got into the row when he shared the screenshot of Dawn website on his Twitter handle showing a poll advertisement of Nitish Kumar.