Terming the Congress-JD(U)-RJD alliance (Mahagathbandhan) opportunistic, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley on Thursday said that political consistency is not the virtue of any of the participants of this alliance.
"Political consistency' is not the virtue of any of the participants of this grand(Magathbandhan) opportunistic alliance .That's why, the result of this (Mahagathbandhan) will only be political instability," Jaitley said while releasing the BJP's vision document for the upcoming Bihar polls.
"This vision document is a charter of development in Bihar. It is a pledge to pull out Bihar from economic backwardness. We had earlier taken a pledge to end the 'jungle raj' in Bihar. There was no stability in JD(U)'s politics. Twice elections were won against 'jungle raj'(RJD) and now they(JD(U)) have formed a grand alliance(Mahagathbandhan) with the 'jungle raj'," Jaitley added.
"This vision document is a charter of development in Bihar. It is a pledge to pull out Bihar from economic backwardness," said Jaitley.
Elections for the 243-member Bihar assembly will be held in five phases between October 12 and November 5.The counting of votes will take place on November 8.
The term of the current Bihar assembly expires on November 29.
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