Patna: On his first show in Bihar today the Prime Minister not only appeared aggressive but also reminded the people of Bihar of the old days and cautioned them not to bring back the jungle raj. For the same, he also appealed to people to take a pledge.
The PM is scheduled to take part in 12 rallies in Bihar. In the very first rally, the PM gave a new direction to the campaign of Bihar election by pulling up the opposition fiercely and calling out parties directly involved in the Grand Alliance as those who are not supporting the country. The PM's aggression at his first rally itself may prove to be the boost that the BJP candidates needed as yet.
It can be said that the BJP is trying to win the upcoming polls by solely cashing in on the PM's image. Since the starting of the campaign, the saffron party is continuously using banners and posters of PM or talking about the achievements of the Center. Because of this, LJP was also heavily criticized.
In such a situation, it can be said that the party is very hopeful about Prime Minister Narendra Modi's rallies. The Prime Minister is going to conduct 12 rallies to convert the people to vote for BJP. On the very first day, the Prime Minister has organized three rallies in 5 hours and told the people that if they do not support NDA even by mistake, then Grand Alliance will make Bihar like Jungle Raj.
How dangerous the Prime Minister's 5 hours will be for the opposition parties in Mission Bihar will be known after the election results, but despite the social distancing the good turn out of the crowd at the Prime Minister's rallies, the way the public showed interest, the way the Prime Minister challenged the opponents, it seems that this 5 hours can make a big impact in the first phase of elections.
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Besides using Modi's name and cashing in on the Centre's achievement, there isn't much hope for BJP candidates. No party candidate is willing to ask for votes in the name of Nitish Kumar.
If sources are to be believed, in the meeting of MPs held even before the party's election campaign started, the MPs had put it in front of the central leadership that they will not ask for votes in their areas in the name of Nitish because they are afraid that Nitish Kumar's name will not woo public and they may not be ready to vote for them.
And the same thing is being seen in Ground Zero, which also raises the question that even if NDA wins the election, will Nitish Kumar have to work hard to improve his image because many people in Nitish's election meeting Opposing Good Governance Babu by raising anti-slogans like Badlu and Palatu Ram.
After the same thing was expressed by the BJP MPs in the initial meeting in the central office itself, it was decided that this time in the elections of Bihar, the Bharatiya Janata Party especially Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the Centre's achievement will be raised in the electoral fray.
The manner in which the Prime Minister challenged the opponents in his rally and said that earlier people in Bihar did not buy vehicles because they would be kidnapped, and people who used to reach at night would stop at the station to go home in the morning as extortion was done at night, the safety of daughters of the house always a concern etc have hit the opposition quite hard.
The opposition may not be happy that the PM used such sharp words for them in the election and the fact that as soon as the PM asked the youth that a bribe was consumed in RJD Raj to give a government job, the young crowd broke into a lot of applause.
However, it will was also seen that the Prime Minister who was talking about wearing masks and social distancing just 2 days ago did not say anything to the young or old or children who were present in Sasaram rally without any masks. It seemed that the people of Bihar were determined to participate fully in the elections without giving any care to the corona.
The Prime Minister added drama in the Bhojpuri language, in which he made fun of the time of lanterns said, Biharis don't need lantern anymore and people present in the rally applauded a lot. Article 370 to triple talaq and breaking of Kashmir, ending Maoists in Bihar the PM covered it all and put the opposition in the dock for talks, he said that the opposition party did not support the country in every good deed and it should be closely understood by the people of Bihar. The opposition party did not allow Bihar to move forward for 15 years.
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The opposition may not have even expected the Prime Minister's rally to be so much more aggressive in Bihar than before because the way the Prime Minister addressed the people of West Bengal in a virtual medium the day before, he did not appear so aggressive. On the contrary, he spoke of winning the fight against violence from non-violence.
But on the contrary, in this election meeting in Bihar, the Prime Minister appeared in a very new aggressive style and if this aggressive style is shown in the same way in the remaining 9 rallies, then it can really create difficulties for the opposition parties.
