The Aryavarth Express
Agency (New Delhi): Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) candidate from Saran, Rajiv Pratap Rudy, asserted on Saturday that there is no confusion about BJP’s candidates representing Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Rudy emphasized that any victory by a BJP candidate equates to a victory for PM Modi.
“Where is the confusion that we are seeking votes in the name of PM Modi? All votes are his votes. If 80 crore people in the country are getting ration and there is electricity supply in every village – we are PM Modi’s candidate. If we win, PM Modi wins. If PM Modi wins, Rajiv Pratap Rudy wins. So, what is the confusion?” Rudy said.
Rajiv Pratap Rudy is running against Rohini Acharya, daughter of RJD chief Lalu Prasad Yadav. In the 2019 election, Rudy secured 4,99,342 votes, defeating RJD’s Chandrika Roy, who garnered 3,60,913 votes.
RJD leader Tejashwi Yadav recently claimed that the people demand change in 2024. He stated, “The people of the country are demanding change in 2024. ‘Bharatiya Janata pareshaan hai Bharatiya Janata Party se’. The youth whose paper has been leaked are saying that they would now leak BJP’s election. BJP does not talk about work and they do not do any work. They only tell lies. They spread poison in the society. They divide the people and do negative politics.”
Union Home Minister Amit Shah also criticized former Bihar Chief Minister Lalu Prasad Yadav for aligning with the Congress party to secure a future political position for his son, Tejashwi Yadav. Shah remarked, “Today Lalu Yadav, for the sake of power politics, to make his son the Chief Minister, has gone and sat in the lap of the Congress party, which has spent its entire life opposing the backward and extremely backward classes.”
The 40 seats in Bihar are being contested across all seven phases of the elections. In 2019, the BJP-led NDA swept the state, winning 39 out of 40 seats, with Congress securing just one seat. The RJD did not win any seats.
Voting in Saran, Muzaffarpur, Hajipur, Sitamarhi, and Madhubani Lok Sabha seats is scheduled for May 20, during the fifth phase of the ongoing Lok Sabha elections, determining the fate of 80 candidates.
