Congress president Rahul Gandhi on Thursday said it would be “bye-bye for Modi on May 23.” He was addressing a public meeting seeking votes for mahagathbandhan candidate from Pataliputra Misa Bharti (RJD) at Bikram in Patna district. “The BJP is heading for a defeat in the poll and people of the country would bid him bye-bye on the counting day of May 23…people are angry with PM Modi over his failure to fulfil promises made to them, like giving ₹15 lakh in their bank account and 2 crore jobs every year”, Mr. Gandhi said. Later in Patna, he undertook a roadshow, along with party candidate for Patna Sahib, Shatrughan Sinha.
RJD leader Tejashwi Yadav, his elder brother Tej Pratap Yadav and their elder sister Misa Bharti, who is contesting against sitting BJP MP and Union Minister Ram Kripal Yadav, were also present on the occasion. Mr. Tejashwi addressed the meeting, while Mr. Pratap, who did not get a chance to speak, later blamed a Congress leader for not allowing him to address the crowd. “I’ll complain to the Congress president,” he said later.
“All that we hear from PM Modi these days are inanities like how he has been eating mango by plucking it from trees and why he wears half-sleeved shirts”, said the Congress president.
“He must answer the questions we’ve been raising on corruption issues…he has deliberately been avoiding speaking on corruption issues but we’ll not allow him to escape”, he said.
He also said Chowkidar (watchman) and the gathered crowd shouted loudly, “ chor hai ”. He also spoke about the Congress’ NYAY scheme, and said, “Financial assistance of ₹72,000 per year to poor families which would boost the demand of the commodities and it will lead to setting up more industries while creating more jobs…it will ultimately boost our country’s economy.”
Later in the evening, Mr. Gandhi, along with other State Congress leaders and party candidate from Patna Sahib constituency Shatrughan Sinha, undertook a huge roadshow from Patna’s Moin-ul-Haque stadium to Buddha murti (statue of Buddha) intersection in Kadamkuan area. Mr. Sinha is locked in a tough battle against BJP’s Ravi Shankar Prasad. Earlier, BJP president Amit Shah too had conducted a roadshow in the same area in Patna to garner support for Mr. Prasad.
