Union Home Minister Amit Shah and Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) president J.P. Nadda on Tuesday (November 12, 2024) slammed the Hemant Soren-led government in Jharkhand over alleged corruption and coal smuggling. Mr. Shah said if the BJP were voted to power, the corrupt would be hanged upside down.
The two leaders addressed two rallies each separately in Assembly constituencies which will vote in the second phase of the State Assembly election on November 20.
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Mr. Shah campaigned in Jharia, popularly known as Koylanchal in Dhanbad district, BJP’s Ragini Singh is pitted against her sister-in-law Purnima Niraj Singh of the Congress.
He promised to end the alleged coal smuggling in the State and told traders not to fear. Attacking the state government, Mr. Shah said, “Crores of rupees have been seized from Congress and JMM leaders here. All this money belongs to the youth and mothers and sisters of Jharia and Dhanbad. If you elect a BJP government, all these people who have looted crores of rupees will be hanged upside down. Every penny they looted from the poor tribals, backward classes and youth of Jharkhand will be recovered and deposited in the treasury of Jharkhand.”
Attack on Congress
Mr. Shah claimed the Congress never fulfilled its promises whereas the BJP always fulfilled its promises. He said the Congress was an anti-reservation party. “They want to end the reservation for the backward and Dalit people of the country and give it to Muslims. You don’t worry; as long as Modi ji’s government is in power, we will not let that happen,” he said.
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At a rally in Baghbarma constituency, he said the Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM), the Congress and the Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) spread a lie that if Uniform Civil Code (UCC) came into effect, tribals would face problems. “We have decided that UCC will definitely come to Jharkhand; but to stop infiltration, our tribals will be kept out of the ambit of UCC. It will have no effect on them,” Mr. Shah said.
In Baghmara, BJP’s Shatrughan Mahto is contesting against Congress’s Jaleshwar Mahto.
Meanwhile, Mr. Nadda termed the Hemant Soren-led government as a government of thieves.
At a rally in Bagodar, Mr. Nadda said, “This is a government that is robbing your rights and interests. Therefore it is necessary to send them home. Hemant Soren’s government is a government of thieves.”
In Bagodar, BJP’s Nagendra Mahato is pitted against CPI(ML) candidate Vinod Kumar Singh.
Listing out Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s developmental work, he said the PM had given five new medical colleges to Jharkhand. If BJP won the election, the PM would give 10 more new medical colleges to the State, he said.
He said the ‘corrupt’ government of JMM-Congress-RJD stopped developmental work in Jharkhand.
At another rally in Jamua, Mr. Nadda accused the JMM, the Congress and the RJD of corruption and nepotism and said it was time to overthrow Soren’s government.
In Jamua, Manju Devi of BJP is up against JMM’s Kedar Hazra.
Published - November 12, 2024 02:16 pm IST
