‘Bihar will celebrate real Diwali on Nov 14 when RJD faces defeat in polls’

Siwan: Union Home minister Amit Shah on Friday asserted that Bihar will celebrate “real Diwali” on November 14, when the RJD and its alliance partners face a humiliating defeat in the Assembly polls.

Shah, addressing a rally in Bihar’s Siwan district, slammed the Lalu Prasad-led party for fielding Osama

Shahab, the son of gangster-turned-politician Mohammad Shahabuddin.

“People here must ensure that Shahabuddin’s son, contesting from the Raghunathpur seat, faces a humiliating defeat in the Assembly polls. The ‘jungle raj’ of Lalu Prasad and Rabri Devi has been endured by the people of Siwan for at least 20 years.

“I am confident that people of Bihar will celebrate real Diwali on November 14, when the poll results will be announced. The RJD and its alliance partners will witness a humiliating defeat,” the home minister said.

Shah also claimed that the Opposition INDIA Bloc in Bihar is completely fragmented now.

Flaying the Congress for the recent ‘Voter Adhikar Yatra’ in the state, he said, “As per Rahul Gandhi, infiltrators should remain here.

But be assured that not a single infiltrator will be allowed to remain in Bihar.”

Addressing another rally in Buxar, Shah alleged that by giving a ticket to Shahabuddin’s son, Lalu Prasad has “proven that he wants to bring back ‘jungle raj’ in Bihar”.