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India Gazette
12 hours ago
- Politics
- India Gazette
Analyse your speeches, you will be full of embarrassment: Tejashwi Yadav slams PM Modi ahead of his Saran visit
Patna (Bihar) [India], June 20 (ANI): Rashtriya Janata Dal leader Tejashwi Yadav on Friday slammed Prime Minister Narendra Modi ahead of his Saran visit. The former Bihar Deputy CM alleged that PM Modi has broken all the norms of 'misleading' people by addressing more than 200 rallies in Bihar, which were full of 'lies'. In his edited post on X, Tejashwi Yadav urged PM Modi to analyse his speeches and said that he wouldn't be able to speak after it due to 'embarrassment'. The RJD leader asked Prime Minister Narendra Modi during his Saran visit whether he would lay the foundation and inaugurate projects that have been underway since 2015. He queried PM Modi whether he could explain why Bihar is the 'worst' state in terms of poverty, unemployment, per capita income, investment, literacy rate, and industrialization in the reports of NITI Aayog and the Government of India, despite 11 years of PM Modi's government in the centre and 20 years of NDA rule in Bihar. Tejashwi Yadav asked whether PM Modi would explain why 65000 innocent people were killed in the 20 years of NDA rule. He further took a jibe at the Prime Minister and said whether he would felicitate the members of 'National Daamad Aayog'. He asked whether Modi would speak about the 'unconscious state' of Bihar CM Nitish Kumar in the same way he once spoke of Odisha CM Naveen Patnaik, and whether the PM would honour those nominated by allies as 'sons-in-law of JP.' Tejashwi Yadav alleged that more than 20 scams and 20 lakh crore have been looted in the 20 years of NDA rule in Bihar. The Bihar legislative assembly leader of the opposition has accused the state government of harassing government employees to bring crowds to their rallies at their own expense. Tejashwi Yadav asked PM Modi why the 'brave' and 'valiant' soldiers of the Indian Army, who were eager to teach a 'tough' lesson to the terrorists during Operation Sindoor, were stopped due to the 'cessation of hostilities' agreement between India and Pakistan because of US President Donald Trump. Meanwhile, PM Modi will embark on a two-day visit, beginning with Bihar and Odisha today and then Andhra the Prime Minister will lay the foundation stone and inaugurate multiple development projects at Siwan, a major boost to infrastructure and socio-economic development in Bihar. (ANI)
The Print
18 hours ago
- Politics
- The Print
‘Nitish sets free those with AK-47': Tejashwi on shooting incident outside his Patna residence
Hitting out at Chief Minister Nitish Kumar, Tejashwi Yadav claimed that the people of the state were not safe alleging a 'crimnal disorder' of the law and order situation and 'anarchy' in Bihar. Patna (Bihar) : RJD leader and former Bihar Deputy Chief Minister Tejashwi Yadav on Thursday lashed out at the Nitish Kumar-led state government over the law and order situation in the state after an incident of firing was reported near his residence in Patna. Speaking to mediapersons here, the RJD leader said, 'There is a complete rule of criminals in place now. There is no government. Anarchy has set in in the administration and government. Shooting is taking place outside my residence in a VVIP area, it had never happened before.' Taking a jab at the Nitish Kumar government, Yadav said, 'Nobody is safe in Bihar. There is a criminal disorder of the law and order in Bihar. Nitish ji forms laws and sets free those with AK-47. He supports criminals.' 'Criminals have become fearless in Bihar, and I am a former Chief Minister, Leader of Opposition in the state assembly, there are residences of the Development Commissioner, many ministers near my residence. Still, such incidents are happening. This is very serious… If the most secure area of the state is not safe and they cannot catch the criminals then Bihar CM Nitish Kumar should resign,' said Yadav. Ahead of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's visit to Bihar tomorrow on June 20, Tejashwi Yadav hit out at the centre and claimed that the morale of the criminals was high in the 'demonic rule' of the NDA. 'In the demonic rule of NDA, the morale of the criminals protected by the government is so high that in the high security zone, at a short distance from the Governor's residence Raj Bhawan, Chief Minister's residence, Leader of the Opposition's residence, Judge's residence and the airport, the dreaded criminals are roaming around openly firing. Beware! What if someone calls it Jungle Raj? Anyway, the Prime Minister is coming to Bihar tomorrow, so the Godi media has to maintain a positive image,' posted Yadav on X. Earlier in the day, Tejashwi Yadav claimed that the Prime Minister is coming to Bihar to do 'politics of hatred' and should be ashamed to come to the state due to unfulfilled promises. 'If PM Modi listens to his 200 speeches that he has given so far in Bihar, he will be ashamed to come to Bihar. He made hundreds of promises, he will be ashamed of what to say to the people of Bihar… He is not coming to Bihar to provide employment, reduce inflation, eliminate poverty, but just to do the politics of Hindu-Muslim, the politics of hatred,' Yadav told ANI earlier today. Prime Minister Narendra Modi is set to visit Bihar tomorrow (June 20), where he is scheduled to address a public gathering in the Siwan district of the state. Earlier, as Deputy CM Vijay Kumar Sinha urged people to attend the event in large numbers, he said that PM Modi will highlight the resolution for 'Viksit Bihar' and give a message for 'freedom from nepotism.' Regarding nepotism, the RJD leader claimed that while the BJP criticises others of family-politics, half of the ministers in the state cabinet are dynasts, while also repeating his claim of NDA being a 'National Daamaad Aayog. 'They keep abusing us about family politics, but their alliance is filled with dynastic politicians, and the same thing is true even in their party (BJP). In Bihar, over 50 per cent of the ministers are dynasts… NDA in Bihar means 'National Daamaad Aayog'. PM Modi has fitted everyone's son-in-law in the 'Aayog',' the RJD leader said. This report is auto-generated from ANI news service. ThePrint holds no responsibility for its content. Also read: Gloves off as NDA leaders, Prashant Kishor trade barbs in run-up to high-stakes Bihar polls
India Gazette
a day ago
- Politics
- India Gazette
"Criminals fearless in Bihar": Tejashwi Yadav lambasts Nitish Kumar govt on firing incident outside his residence
Patna (Bihar) [India], June 19 (ANI): RJD leader and former Bihar Deputy Chief Minister Tejashwi Yadav on Thursday lashed out at the Nitish Kumar-led state government over the law and order situation in the state after an incident of firing was reported near his residence in Patna. Hitting out at Chief Minister Nitish Kumar, Tejashwi Yadav claimed that the people of the state were not safe alleging a 'crimnal disorder' of the law and order situation and 'anarchy' in Bihar. Yadav said that the criminals in Bihar have become 'fearless' and demanded CM Nitish Kumar's resignation. Speaking to mediapersons here, the RJD leader said, 'There is a complete rule of criminals in place now. There is no government. Anarchy has set in in the administration and government. Shooting is taking place outside my residence in a VVIP area, it had never happened before.' Taking a jab at the Nitish Kumar government, Yadav said, 'Nobody is safe in Bihar. There is a criminal disorder of the law and order in Bihar. Nitish ji forms laws and sets free those with AK-47. He supports criminals.' 'Criminals have become fearless in Bihar, and I am a former Chief Minister, Leader of Opposition in the state assembly, there are residences of the Development Commissioner, many ministers near my residence. Still, such incidents are happening. This is very serious... If the most secure area of the state is not safe and they cannot catch the criminals then Bihar CM Nitish Kumar should resign,' said Yadav. Ahead of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's visit to Bihar tomorrow on June 20, Tejashwi Yadav hit out at the centre and claimed that the morale of the criminals was high in the 'demonic rule' of the NDA. 'In the demonic rule of NDA, the morale of the criminals protected by the government is so high that in the high security zone, at a short distance from the Governor's residence Raj Bhawan, Chief Minister's residence, Leader of the Opposition's residence, Judge's residence and the airport, the dreaded criminals are roaming around openly firing. Beware! What if someone calls it Jungle Raj? Anyway, the Prime Minister is coming to Bihar tomorrow, so the Godi media has to maintain a positive image,' posted Yadav on X. Earlier in the day, Tejashwi Yadav claimed that the Prime Minister is coming to Bihar to do 'politics of hatred' and should be ashamed to come to the state due to unfulfilled promises. 'If PM Modi listens to his 200 speeches that he has given so far in Bihar, he will be ashamed to come to Bihar. He made hundreds of promises, he will be ashamed of what to say to the people of Bihar... He is not coming to Bihar to provide employment, reduce inflation, eliminate poverty, but just to do the politics of Hindu-Muslim, the politics of hatred,' Yadav told ANI earlier today. Prime Minister Narendra Modi is set to visit Bihar tomorrow (June 20), where he is scheduled to address a public gathering in the Siwan district of the state. Earlier, as Deputy CM Vijay Kumar Sinha urged people to attend the event in large numbers, he said that PM Modi will highlight the resolution for 'Viksit Bihar' and give a message for 'freedom from nepotism.' Regarding nepotism, the RJD leader claimed that while the BJP criticises others of family-politics, half of the ministers in the state cabinet are dynasts, while also repeating his claim of NDA being a 'National Daamaad Aayog. ''They keep abusing us about family politics, but their alliance is filled with dynastic politicians, and the same thing is true even in their party (BJP). In Bihar, over 50 per cent of the ministers are dynasts... NDA in Bihar means 'National Daamaad Aayog'. PM Modi has fitted everyone's son-in-law in the 'Aayog',' the RJD leader said. (ANI)
India Today
a day ago
- Politics
- India Today
Why RJD chose an EBC as state president
As Bihar prepares for its most decisive political carnival, democracy asserts itself as part pageant, part arithmetic. Pitted against a formidable five-party National Democratic Alliance (NDA), Tejashwi Yadav of the Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) has deployed a stratagem as old as power: if you cannot disarm your adversaries, win over their followers. Thus, sending ripples through Bihar's mud-brick constituencies and bamboo-scaffolded villages, the RJD has anointed veteran socialist leader and former MP Mangani Lal Mandal—a scion of the Dhanuk caste, listed among the Extremely Backward Classes (EBCs)—as its new state 76, Mandal brings not only a lifetime of political odyssey but, crucially, fresh momentum to RJD plans to penetrate the votes of the EBCs, a sprawling coalition of 112 castes accounting for some 36.01 per cent of Bihar's this calculus steps Mandal with his Dhanuk cohort—2.21 per cent of the state's population, yet among the top five EBC groups in density, concentrated in districts such as Madhubani, Supaul, Patna and Nalanda, and holding significant numbers in over a dozen others. Since CM Nitish Kumar introduced 20 per cent reservation for EBCs in Panchayat bodies in January 2006, these communities have formed the chief prop beneath the Janata Dal (United) canopy. But politics is mutable, and Tejashwi's gamble is to wrest that foundation from beneath Kumar's feet, repurposing it for the INDIA alliance's prospects in the assembly polls slated for October and this end, the RJD's organisational elections—a meticulous choreography conducted from the block to district levels over the past four months—have been as much about ritual representation as realpolitik. In each district, a patchwork of quotas ensured that Scheduled Castes (SCs), Scheduled Tribes (STs) and the EBCs themselves saw their leaders elevated; yet for the state presidency, only one name was ever With no one contesting his nomination, Mandal will formally step into the role vacated by Jagdanand Singh, a Thakur leader and longtime Lalu Prasad confidante who, sources say, simply 'expressed his unwillingness' to carry on. Singh's resignation, accepted with all the solemnity of a ritual libation, cleared the path for Mandal's uncontested ascendancy—an outcome that signals both the RJD's urgency in courting the EBC bloc and its confidence in the Dhanuk veteran's ability to deliver his supporters to the polling the casual observer, Mandal might seem an unlikely standard-bearer. Born and bred in the Kosi and Mithilanchal regions, his political life has been rooted in the very soil of parochial identities. He first cut his teeth under Karpoori Thakur, the inadvertently eponymous architect of Bihar's own affirmative politics, earning a seat in the Legislative Council in 1986 as a Lok Dal nominee. For 18 years, until 2004, Mandal represented his caste's interests from the council benches, even securing a ministerial portfolio in the RJD government of the 1990s. Yet, while contemporaries Lalu and Nitish ascended to the national stage, Mandal's orbit remained confined—respected but regional, influential yet never 2004, a new chapter began when he crossed the floor to join Nitish's JD(U), which promptly dispatched him to the Rajya Sabha. Five years later, he contested—and won—the Jhanjharpur Lok Sabha seat for the JD(U), only to surrender it in a series of capricious realignments: a return to the RJD, another defection to JD(U) just before the 2019 polls, and a vice-presidency in the latter's national hierarchy. Each switch, while sharpening whispered accusations of opportunism, underscored one immutable truth: Mandal, for all his electoral vicissitudes, remains one of the most relevant EBC relevance is now the RJD's greatest currency. Aware that Muslims (17.7 per cent of voters) and Yadavs (14.26 per cent) alone cannot clinch victory in Bihar's bipolar contest, the party's leadership has crafted a strategy to cobble together enough disparate blocs to forestall a straight fight between the INDIA alliance and the BJP-JD(U) Prashant Kishor's Jan Suraaj succeed in siphoning votes from both alliances, Bihar could be plunged into a three-cornered contest—leaving the two major coalitions, the NDA and INDIA, scrambling to secure an outright majority—precisely the sort of impasse in which the RJD might finally flourish beyond the confines of a straight bipolar fight with the NDA. Jan Suraaj, though, remains a mercurial entity—its tactics unpredictable, its grassroots machinery still in its infancy—so the RJD must hedge its bets by fortifying its own placing Mandal at the helm in Patna, the RJD signals not only a gesture of inclusion but a declaration of intent: to traverse caste hierarchies from the Yadav pulpit down to the most marginalised to reflect on his unopposed elevation, Mandal adopted the deferential tone of a seasoned cadre. 'It is a matter of great honour,' he told reporters, 'and a challenge and responsibility in this election year. I am deeply thankful to national president Lalu Prasad and Leader of Opposition Tejashwi Yadav for this trust.' His words, though circumspect, belie the knowing confidence of one who has navigated power's labyrinth for decades. For beneath the courteous veneer lies a lifetime of electoral tunnel vision—an acute understanding of micro-majorities, vote swings and the art of coalition-building at the booth senior RJD insider put it bluntly: 'Mangani Lal Mandal is our most credible EBC face. His election sends a strong message that RJD practises A-to-Z politics.' It is a nod to inclusivity without excluding any particular caste or community, but the shorthand here is unmistakable: weaponise representation to deter defection. In Bihar, where every leader's loyalty is measured in inches of margin and percentages of turnout, such signalling can prove October, when the polls open and placards flutter above the looming speaker-nests in village squares, it will be the ground game that delivers or defeats the INDIA alliance. Will Mandal's presence—zinc-grey hair gleaming beneath a folded cap—animate the EBCs to rally behind the RJD? Can he, with his measured gait and supple courtroom rhetoric, translate personal gravitas into collective mobilisation? Only then will one know whether Tejashwi's gambit has shifted Bihar's electoral geometry or merely reshuffled its entrenched fault now, the appointment stands as one of Tejashwi's boldest moves since assuming the RJD's de facto leadership. It marries the iconography of socialist stalwarts to the impulse of youthful ambition—and positions the party to lay claim to the very constituency that once seemed secured by its chief rival. In the end, Mandal's mantle is more than ceremonial: it is the newest weapon in an unfolding contest where every caste, every community and every vote warrant strategic consideration. And in Bihar, strategy is not an abstraction but a daily, door-to-door endeavour, measured in the hum of two-strokes, the sway of cadences and the muster of hands at the to India Today Magazine
Mint
a day ago
- Politics
- Mint
'Criminals have become fearless...Nitish Kumar should resign': Tejashwi Yadav on shooting outside his Patna residence
Rashtriya Janata Dal leader Tejashwi Yadav on Thursday hit out Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar after two motorcycle-borne gunmen on Thursday opened fire in a high-security zone in Patna, reported PTI. Criticising the NDA government in Bihar, Tejashwi Yadav alleged that the criminals have been "protected" by the administration. Speaking to reporters, Tejashwi said, as quoted by ANI, "Criminals have become fearless in Bihar, and I am a former Chief Minister, Leader of Opposition in the state assembly, there are residences of the Development Commissioner, many ministers near my residence. Still, such incidents are happening. This is very serious... If the most secure area of the state is not safe and they cannot catch the criminals then Bihar CM Nitish Kumar should resign." He also took to X and wrote, "Bullet shots were fired outside my residence today. In the NDA-ruled Bihar, the morale of criminals, protected by the government, is so high that they are roaming freely in the high-security zone. They fired and fled the spot." Not only on Nitish Kumar, but Tejaswi also hit out at Prime Minister Narendra Modi should be ashamed to come to the state due to unfulfilled promises. "If PM Modi listens to his 200 speeches that he has given so far in Bihar, he will be ashamed to come to Bihar. He made hundreds of promises, he will be ashamed of what to say to the people of Bihar... He is not coming to Bihar to provide employment, reduce inflation, eliminate poverty, but just to do the politics of Hindu-Muslim, the politics of hatred," Yadav told ANI earlier in the day. PM Modi is set to visit Bihar June 20, where he is scheduled to address a public gathering in the Siwan district of the state. On Thursday two motorcycle-borne gunmen on Thursday opened fire in a high-security zone in Patna. Sub-Divisional Police Officer (Sachiwalay-1) Anu Kumari said that no one was injured in the incident. "Immediately after receiving the information, a team of Airport Police Station personnel reached the spot and found a spent cartridge there. According to eyewitnesses, two motorcycle-borne miscreants fired at a local person, identified as Rahul, and fled the spot. Rahul was unhurt," she told PTI. According to the details, the firing incident took place in the Polo Road area, where the official residences of many ministers, Tejashwi Yadav and top bureaucrats are located. Also, CM's residence and Governor Arif Mohammed Khan's house are also located close to the Polo Road. "A case has been registered, and the matter is being investigated. Search is underway to arrest the miscreants', the SDPO said.
