Senior Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader and Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Friday launched a scathing attack on the Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM)-led coalition government, in which the Congress is a constituent, accusing it of carrying out ‘love jihad, land jihad, and forest jihad’ against tribals by allowing infiltrators to enter Jharkhand.
Addressing an election rally in Dumka, where he was campaigning for BJP candidate Geeta Soren, the eldest daughter-in-law of JMM chief Shibu Soren, who recently quit the JMM and joined the BJP, Shah said, “I want to appeal to the tribal brothers and sisters to elect a government which can stop infiltration. If infiltration is not stopped, both the land and forests of the tribals will be in danger. The issue of infiltration is a big question for the tribals. The Congress, Hemant Soren, and his Minister, who was just arrested, have carried out love jihad, land jihad, and forest jihad against the tribals by infiltrating into Jharkhand.”
Shah then went on to praise Prime Minister Narendra Modi and listed his works done in Jharkhand, pointing out that Modi launched the country’s major schemes from Jharkhand, such as the Ayushman Bharat Yojana and the Mudra Yojana. Shah asserted that Modi believed that until Jharkhand did not develop, the country would not develop.
After Dumka, Shah addressed another rally in Godda in support of BJP candidate Nishikant Dubey, where he again lashed out at the JMM and the Congress, accusing them of treating Jharkhand as only a vote bank and an “ATM of corruption.”
Shah also named the top leaders of the INDIA (Indian National Developmental, Inclusive Alliance) bloc and accused them of doing politics for their own son, daughter, and nephew and not for the welfare of the poor, tribals, and the backward.
“Lalu ji wants to make his son the Chief Minister. Uddhav Thackeray wants to make his son the Chief Minister. Stalin wants to make his son the Chief Minister. Mamata wants to make her nephew the Chief Minister. Sonia ji wants to make her son Rahul Gandhi the Prime Minister. They are not bothered about poor people, tribals, and backwards,” Shah said.
Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge also campaigned in Godda in support of party candidate Pradeep Yadav, along with former Bihar Deputy Chief Minister Tejashwi Yadav. Jharkhand Chief Minister Champai Soren was also present on the stage.
“Our people fought for freedom and were hanged. At that time, there was neither RSS nor Jansangh. We strengthened democracy and made the Constitution. Today they [BJP] are sitting on the chair because of us, but you are misusing the Constitution. We have to save this Constitution and fight this battle together,” Kharge said.
He slammed Modi over his Mangalsutra remark, saying, “Narendra Modi says in his election speech that the Congress will take away the jewellery and Mangalsutra and give it to Muslims. If you have two buffaloes, someone will steal one of your buffaloes. Can any Prime Minister say such a thing?”
Yadav alleged that the BJP wanted to abolish the Constitution and snatch away the rights and reservation. Soren alleged that the BJP gained power in 2014 by misleading the people and for the last 10 years, the party did not talk about inflation and unemployment even once.
