Prime Minister Narendra Modi Saturday launched an attack on Opposition RJD, claiming that they encourage children to become ‘rangdaar’ (street bully) upon growing up.
Addressing a rally in Bihar’s Sitamarhi, PM Modi said, “I shudder to hear that the RJD, in its campaign, is getting children to say that upon growing up, they wish to become ‘rangdaar’ (street bully). Bihar definitely does not want a government which has ‘katta’, ‘kushasan’ (misgovernance), ‘kroorta’ (cruelty) and corruption to offer.”
He was referring to a video that’s going viral, in which a child named Keshav Kumar is seen holding a flag with Lalu Yadav and Tejashwi Yadav’s face on it. The reporter asks the child, “what do you want to be when you grow up?” To which the child replied, “Bada hoke, rangdaar banna hai. Rangdaar banke loot paat karenge, maar denge.” ( I want to be a street bully when I grow up. Will steal, kill)
The child is also seen criticise the BJP government for spreading ‘jungle raj’ in Bihar after Anant Singh was arrested for the killing of Dularchand Yadav in a political clash in Mokama constituency last week.
“Ab maar diya din dahare, kya raat tha ya din tha.” (Killed him in broad daylight)
The prime minister also said that people were not voting for the RJD-helmed opposition in Bihar as they fear that if voted to power, its regime will “put ‘katta’ to their heads and order them to hold their hands up”.
“Wherever I go, I find the prevailing sentiment is – we do not want a ‘katta sarkar’, we want an NDA sarkar again,” he said.
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“This is because the people do not want a regime that would put ‘katta’ (country-made firearm) on their heads and ask them to hold their hands up. People do not want hands up, but start up, which the NDA will facilitate. The NDA shuns ‘katta’ and promotes school bags, computers, cricket bats and hockey sticks,” he added.
He expressed delight over the high voter turnout in the first phase of elections, when, according to the Election Commission, 65.08 per cent of electors had come to vote. He said this has given a shock to the opposition.
“You have given a 65-volt shock to the opposition. They are getting sleepless nights,” said the PM, who has been insisting that the high turnout was indicative of an overwhelming support of the NDA.
PM Modi called himself a “brand ambassador” of the heritage of Mithila, saying that he had gifted the famous Madhubani paintings to foreign dignitaries.
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He also highlighted the progress made in the fisheries sector and took a jibe at Gandhi, who had recently waded into a muddy pond to show support for fishermen.
Modi quipped, “I hear some people are practicing how to sink.”
