Patna erupted with fiery rhetoric on Saturday as RJD leader and Bihar’s Leader of Opposition Tejashwi Yadav marked the birth anniversary of Jan Nayak Karpoori Thakur at the party office. In a blistering attack on the NDA government and BJP, Yadav didn’t hold back, accusing them of dynasty politics while highlighting Bihar’s persistent woes.
Speaking to reporters, Yadav declared, ‘This is democracy where the people lost and the system won.’ He pointed out that despite the full might of the state machinery backing the ruling alliance, 60 percent of voters rejected them, signaling a clear desire for change. RJD alone garnered nearly 1.9 crore votes, he noted, a testament to the public’s trust.
Yadav drew inspiration from Karpoori Thakur and Lalu Prasad, vowing never to bow down. ‘We will fight, and fighters always win,’ he asserted, slamming the government for turning public welfare into a money-making racket.
Karpoori Thakur’s vision remains unfulfilled, Yadav lamented, with Bihar still grappling with poverty, migration, and unemployment. ‘The same faces who abused Karpoori ji 20 years ago are in power today, ignoring the masses while plotting to dismantle the Constitution and democracy,’ he charged.
On law and order, Yadav painted a grim picture: crime at its peak, women unsafe, and ruling leaders silent on horrors like the Shambhu Hostel incident. He mocked a BJP leader’s claim that crimes drop when he’s out of state, retorting, ‘Rapes and murders happen daily here— is this a joke?’
Turning the nepotism tables, Yadav congratulated Nitin Nabin on his BJP national president appointment but questioned, ‘What was his father? Isn’t this dynasty politics?’ He challenged the Prime Minister’s silence on child rape cases, demanding accountability.
Yadav pledged a 100-day silence on government critiques to counter propaganda but promised a statewide tour post-assembly session to build a new organization. ‘RJD and the grand alliance won’t back down; we’ll amplify the people’s voice from streets to assembly,’ he concluded with steely resolve.