Patna (Bihar): Union Home Minister Amit Shah launched a scathing attack on Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Saturday. Shah alleged that former NDA allies are seeking shelter from Congress leader Sonia Gandhi as she is “greedy” for the prime minister’s post. Nitish Kumar, who has been opposing the Congress all his life, is taking shelter of Sonia Gandhi only in the greed of the post of Prime Minister. Targeting Kumar, the Chief Minister of Bihar, Shah said that he is now sitting in the lap of RJD chief Lalu Yadav because he is infatuated with the post of Prime Minister. On the occasion of the birth anniversary of Swami Sahajanand Saraswati in Patna.
Shah said, “Nitish Kumar, who broke the Janata Party because he wanted to fight against Lalu Yadav’s politics of casteism and corruption, is now sitting on Lalu Yadav’s lap in the lure of the prime minister’s post.”
There is a lot of potential in the dairy sector in Bihar.
But cattle need fodder for milk production and when the Chief Minister has sat in power with the fodder stealer then how will the farmers be benefited? pic.twitter.com/BPvVLlkHyW— Amit Shah (@AmitShah) February 25, 2023
Referring to the thoughts of Swami Sahajanand for farmers and laborers, he said that only Prime Minister Narendra Modi can fulfill them and no one else can. “In 2009-14, grains worth 1.45 lakh were purchased, while during 2014-19, the BJP government bought wheat and paddy worth 8 lakh crore. But the farmers of Bihar did not get the benefit, now the BJP government will be formed.” , then the farmers of Bihar will also be benefited,” Shah said.
Live from the ‘Kisan-Mazdoor Samagam’ organized in Patna on the occasion of the birth anniversary celebrations of Swami Sahajanand Saraswati, who dedicated his life for the rights of farmers… https://t.co/1JOZIhOmsn— Amit Shah (@AmitShah) February 25, 2023
Addressing the “Kisan-Labourer Samagam”, he said that the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) government has resolved to set up government dairies in 2 lakh panchayats through cooperatives. The BJP government has resolved to set up government dairies in 2 lakh panchayats through cooperatives. Bihar is the most suitable place for dairy. There is land, water and hardworking laborers here.
Amit Shah urges people not to worry about Lalu as BJP will form government in Bihar and there will be no theft of fodder in the state, He said, “In PM Modi’s rule, the agriculture budget was increased to buy paddy and wheat on MSP, but the budget in Bihar is the same. Bihar has become Jungle Raj in Nitish Kumar’s fascination for power.”
“Our prime minister says that Bihar has a lot of potential for dairy. Bihar has land, water and hardworking farmers. If managed properly, Bihar can become the largest milk producing state in the whole of India.” , Referring to the Manmohan-Sonia government of 2014, Shah said that the budget for agriculture during their government was Rs 25,000 crore, which was increased by the Modi government.
“In 2014, during the Manmohan-Sonia government, the budget for agriculture was 25 thousand crore rupees, in the 2023 budget, the Modi government increased the budget for agriculture to 1 lakh 25 thousand crore rupees. This tells that the Prime Minister of Shah said, the country has kept the farmers at the center.
Meanwhile, Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Saturday said that the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) will be restricted to less than 100 seats in the 2024 Lok Sabha elections if all opposition parties fight unitedly.