INDIA Bloc Leaders Meet in Bihar: Rahul, Kharge, Yechury Join Lalu And Tejashwi in Jan Vishwas Rally

In a virtual show of support for the INDIA bloc ahead of the Lok Sabha Polls,  Congress leader Congress Rahul Gandhi, and AICC president Mallikarjun Kharge arrived in Bihar to attend the ‘Jan Vishwas Rally.’ The INDIA bloc leaders were seen engaging in conversations on the stage.

The rally, which has been organised by the RJD, is being attended by top INDIA leaders including its national president Lalu Prasad, and his son and heir apparent Tejashwi Yadav.

While speaking at the rally, former Deputy CM Tejashwi Yadav said that his party is for people from backward and minority communities.

“Some people say ours is a party of MY-Muslim and Yadav. I want to say our party is of MY and BAAP-B for Bahujan, A for Agda, A for Aadhi Aabadi (women), and P for poor,” said Yadav.

Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge took potshots at Prime Minister Narendra Modi and said that he doesn’t even credit his party for their work.

“PM Modi says ‘meri guarantee,’ he does not say anymore ‘BJP’s or government’s guarantee.’ Now let me tell you the guarantees of PM Modi. In 2014, he said that 2 crore jobs would be given to the youth of this country every year, did he do so? He also said that ‘pakka’ house will be made for everyone, now let me ask you again, did he do so? His and his party’s guarantee is only to betray the people of this country…Fights that are not based on real facts are mere manipulation,” said Kharge.

“Today, the INDIA Alliance is facing the BJP on the battleground… Through agencies, the BJP is trying to instil fear in us. This is not possible as we are not here to bow down before them,” he added.

INDIA Bloc Leaders To Attend the Jan Vishwas Rally

Apart from Kharge and Gandhi, CPI(M) general secretary Sitaram Yechury and CPI general secretary D Raja also participated in the rally in Bihar. Samajwadi Party president and former Uttar Pradesh chief minister Akhilesh Yadav has also reached the venue.

The ‘Jan Vishwas Rally’ is being seen as a culmination of ‘Jan Vishwas Yatra’, a state-wide tour undertaken by Tejashwi Yadav, who lost his job as the deputy chief minister and embarked upon a drive to galvanise the public in favour of his commitment to job creation.

“Naukri matlab Tejashwi (Tejashwi means jobs)” is one of the slogans that reverberated across the venue of the rally.

The historic Gandhi Maidan, a sprawling public ground situated in the heart of the city, is choc a bloc with supporters of the ‘Mahagathbandhan’, a coalition comprising Congress, RJD and Left parties, which was sharing power in the state until the abrupt exit of Chief Minister Nitish Kumar, who heads the JD(U), recently.