'Counter Oppn's vote theft narrative'
PATNA, Sept. 19 -- Union home minister Amit Shah on Thursday interacted with BJP leaders and workers of Sahabad and Begusarai zone and asked them to counter the INDIA bloc's "false narrative" of vote theft by cautioning the people that rampant "infiltration is likely" if the opposition coalition comes to power.
Shah's meetings were aimed at strengthening the BJP ahead of the 2025 Assembly elections.
Party leaders informed that Shah's visit is part of the BJP's strategy to reinvigorate weak zones and mobilise the cadre base in regions where the party underperformed in 2020 particularly the Sahabad region which holds special significance for the BJP, as in the 2020 Bihar polls, the party managed to win only two out of 20 seats in the belt, which includes Rohtas, Kaimur, Bhojpur and Buxar districts.
At both the places, Shah, after addressing the party workers and leaders, Shah also held a meeting with 400 select workers and leaders and gave tips on booth management. Shah also asked them to work on strengthening of caste equation wherever it is lacking and strengthen further at the booths where it is in favour of the NDA.
Earlier addressing party workers at Dehri-on-Sone and Begusarai, Shah tore into the Congress, RJD, and the Left combine. He asked the cadre to aim at "not just a simple victory but a massive two-thirds majority" in the upcoming polls to the 243-strong Bihar assembly.
Referring to the "Voter Adhikar Yatra" of Rahul Gandhi, which concluded last month, Shah alleged, "You (BJP workers) know what was its aim? It was to protect infiltrators from Bangladesh.
"Should the infiltrators have the right to vote in our country? Should they have access to all the benefits that the citizens enjoy?" asked the home minister, evoking roars of a resounding "no" from the attendees.
He also termed as a "false narrative" Gandhi's allegation of vote theft, pointing out that "they (Opposition parties) had taken recourse to similar tactics earlier when they had alleged that we were out to scrap reservations for SCs, STs and OBCs".
He also lauded the chief minister for recent populist measures like making 125 units of power available free of cost every month....
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