PATNA: Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) chief Lalu Prasad Yadav on Monday requested the get together’s supporters in southwestern Bihar’s Belaganj meeting constituency to remain united to maintain out the rival Bharatiya Janata Get together (BJP) and the Janata Dal (United).
Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) nationwide president Lalu Prasad Yadav (HT FILE PHOTO)
“If Hindus and Muslims stay united, the likes of Narendra Modi, Amit Shah and Bihar CM Nitish Kumar can be shown their places. We have to uproot them like we uproot radish. We have to send them across seven seas. Just press the lantern button on the electronic voting machine,” Yadav mentioned, campaigning for the get together candidate Vishwanath Yadav.
Vishwanath is the son of eight-time legislator Surendra Prasad Yadav who has represented the seat within the Bihar meeting since 1990 (as Janata Dal MLA in 1990 and 1995) apart from a short interval in 1998 when he resigned as legislator after profitable the Jahanabad Lok Sabha seat.
The RJD is sparing no effort this time too. RJD chief Tejashwi Yadav has already campaigned for Vishwanath Yadav and has additionally deployed Hina Shahab, spouse of late Md Shahabuddin, and their son, Osama for the bypoll.
The Belaganj bypoll was necessitated as a result of Surendra Prasad once more vacated the seat following his election to the Lok Sabha from Jahanabad earlier this yr. It is without doubt one of the 4 seats going to the polls. Two of them together with Belaganj had been with the RJD whereas a 3rd seat was with the Communist Get together of India (ML). The fourth seat was with the Nationwide Democratic Alliance (NDA) constituent Hindustani Awam Morcha (Secular).
In Belaganj, Surendra Yadav’s son Vishwanath Yadav is pitted in opposition to Janata Dal United’s former MLC Manorama Yadav, spouse of late don Bindi Yadav. Prashant Kishor’s Jan Suraj Get together has fielded Mohammad Azad, a former panchayat head who had unsuccessfully contested the election in 2005 and 2010.
Lalu Yadav, who has been unwell, has campaigned solely on a small variety of meeting seats. Talking to a big crowd that had come to see him, Lalu Yadav spoke in his attribute type within the native dialect, interesting to the voters to remain united. That is the one seat being contested by the ruling JD-U.
Prasad mentioned that the Muslims and Yadavs have at all times been collectively in Belaganj to reject the communal politics of the BJP and its alliance. “Nobody can diminish our strength. We have seen a lot of people becoming PMs and CMs. We also saw Nitish Kumar. Not caring about my illness, I came to meet you all. Now is the time to back the young RJD candidate to keep our strength intact,” he mentioned.