Each Vote Is For Viksit Bihar, Not Just An MLA, Says Amit Shah In Lakhisarai Rally

Union Home Minister Amit Shah, during his day-long campaign in Bihar on Thursday, strongly endorsed the Nitish Kumar-led NDA government’s model of development, contrasting it with the ‘lawlessness and corruption’ that marked the RJD’s tenure.

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Speaking at a rally in Lakhisarai, Shah listed the scams and irregularities that he said plagued Bihar under previous RJD administrations. He urged the people to support the party that ended the so-called ‘Jungle Raj’ and set the state on a path of progress.

“Voting is on November 6, and all of you should cast your vote. But don’t press the button thinking that your vote is for making someone MLA or minister, instead vote with the belief that each of your votes is to make ‘Viksit Bihar’ under the leadership of Nitish Kumar and Prime Minister Narendra Modi,” Shah told the crowd.

“Each of your votes is to stop the Jungle Raj,” he added emphatically.

The Home Minister went on to accuse the Congress-RJD alliance of a legacy marred by corruption, comparing it with what he described as the clean governance record of the current NDA leadership.

“Under Lalu-Rabri dispensations, scams became synonymous with Bihar. Their big leader is Rahul Baba. Even during the Congress regime, a series of scams and corruption took place, leading to the loss of public money amounting to Rs 12 lakh crore. People of Bihar cannot expect any good from Lalu-Rabri as well as Congress,” the Minister stated.

He claimed, “It has been 20 years for Nitish Babu and 11 years for PM Modi, no accusation of even four annas worth of corruption has been levelled against either of these two.”

Recalling Bihar’s condition before 2005, Shah described it as an era when ‘musclemen and criminals’ dominated public life.

“Factories and industries had closed down, and the only thriving trade back then was kidnapping and extortion,” he said, urging voters not to allow the state to slip back into that period of disorder.