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Jungle Raj
Former poll strategist Prashant Kishor's Jan Suraaj Party, which failed to open its account in the Bihar assembly, on Saturday claimed that a section of its voters ended up siding with the BJP-led NDA "out of fear of return of jungle raj under the RJD". Addressing a press conference here a day after the poll results were announced, its national president Uday Singh also claimed "polarisation" took place in the Seemanchal region in the aftermath of the blast near Red Fort in Delhi, a day before the November 11 polling was held in the area. "I can say there was fear of the return of jungle raj under the RJD. Although I am not saying that there has been any jungle raj, the fear was there. Many people, who would have given us a chance, ended up voting for the NDA out of that fear," said Singh, the former BJP MP. He added, "Let me make a distinction here. I am saying people had a problem with RJD, not with the Congress or other constituents of the opposition Mahagathbandhan". Singh, a .
In an apparent dig at RJD supremo Lalu Prasad's recent Maha Kumbh jibe, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday said people of Bihar will never forgive "leaders of Jungle Raj" who mocked and ridiculed Hindu religion. Addressing a rally here, Modi said, "Leaders of Jungle Raj ridiculed the Maha Kumbh Mela and Hindu religion...People of Bihar will never forgive them." Modi made the remark without naming Prasad, who recently sparked a controversy after he called the Maha Kumbh "faaltu" (meaningless). Addressing the gathering after transferring the 19th installment of the PM Kisan Samman Nidhi (PM-KISAN) scheme here, the PM emphasised the NDA government's commitment to welfare of farmers and Bihar's development. He also credited the NDA government for ensuring that farmers receive urea at subsidised rates, stating that without the current administration, farmers would not have access to such benefits. The PM noted that milk production in the country has substantially increased due to t
Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar has decided to return the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) a favour. On Friday, he said jungle raj, which the BJP claimed had gripped Bihar, actually prevailed under the BJP dispensation at the Centre. He accused the Narendra Modi government of diverting people's attention from its failures. He added that the government at the Centre was using "sentimental" issues - such as levelling sedition charges against Jawaharlal Nehru University student leader Kanhaiya Kumar - to take people's attention away from the promises it had made before the 2014 general elections. "The way attacks are being carried out on court premises shows there is complete jungle raj there," he summed up.