The BJP held a silent protest in Patna’s Gandhi Maidan on Saturday to condemn the inappropriate remarks against Prime Minister Narendra Modi. The protestors wore black bands on their arms. Ravi Shankar Prasad, MP of Patna Sahib, who led the protest, said that the people of Bihar will not tolerate any disrespect towards a mother. He demanded an apology from Rahul Gandhi and Tejashwi Yadav. He questioned if insulting the Prime Minister’s mother was appropriate behavior.
Minister Nitin Naveen stated that the people of Bihar will not tolerate the insult of a mother. BJP workers are not afraid of any oppression, and the fight against the insult of a mother will continue. National Minister Rituraj Sinha said the use of offensive language against the Prime Minister’s late mother, even on a public platform, has shamed the entire Bihar. This is not the culture of Bihar, where mothers are revered. We worship Chhathi Maiya.
MP Dr. Sanjay Jaiswal condemned the language used against the Prime Minister’s mother. He said that Bihar’s history does not include the disrespect of women, and the people of Bihar and the country will respond. Former MP Ramkripal Yadav said it was an insult to every mother in the country and that it cannot be tolerated. The silent protest conveyed the message that the Congress’s character will not change.
Among those present at the silent protest were Rajya Sabha MP Dharmshila Gupta, MLAs Arun Kumar Sinha, Anil Sharma, State General Secretary Radha Mohan Sharma, Rajesh Verma, and numerous party officials and workers.
Ejaz Ahmad, the Bihar Pradesh RJD spokesperson, responded sharply to the BJP’s silent protest, citing their own history of using improper language. He questioned the language used by Prime Minister Narendra Modi in his speeches. He questioned why the BJP was silent when disparaging language was used against Tejashwi Yadav’s mother and sister by BJP MLA Janak Singh in the Bihar Assembly. He emphasized the BJP’s history of abusive behavior.
On the 14th day of the Voter Rights Yatra, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi spoke at a massive public gathering in Ara with Samajwadi Party President Akhilesh Yadav, RJD leader Tejashwi Yadav, Congress General Secretary KC Venugopal, CPI(ML) General Secretary Dipankar Bhattacharya, VIP founder Mukesh Sahani, and Congress State President Rajesh Ram.
Rahul Gandhi criticized the BJP and the Election Commission for their alleged attacks on the Constitution through vote manipulation. He said the BJP had stolen the Lok Sabha elections, as well as the Maharashtra and Haryana assembly elections. He cited the SIR, stating that the India alliance will not allow vote theft in Bihar. He also said that this government is taking away opportunities from the youth by privatizing the public sector and implementing schemes like Agniveer.
The National Democratic Alliance (NDA) held joint workers’ conferences in several assembly constituencies, including Harsidhi, Kodha, Gopalganj, and Sitamarhi on Saturday. NDA leaders aimed to boost worker morale and asserted their commitment to forming a government. They aim to win more than 225 seats in the upcoming assembly elections.
BJP State President Dr. Dilip Jaiswal and Minister Nitish Mishra addressed workers in Harsidhi, while Deputy Chief Minister Samrat Chaudhary and Minister Hari Sahani spoke in Kodha, MP Dharmshila Gupta and Anil Sharma addressed workers in Gopalganj, and Union Minister Nityanand Rai and Minister Nitin Naveen addressed workers in Sitamarhi.
Additionally, MP Sanjay Jaiswal, Ravi Shankar Prasad in Bakhtiyarpur, Minister Mangal Pandey and MP Ashok Yadav in Aurai, Union Minister Giriraj Singh and Minister Renu Devi in Rajnagar participated in the workers’ conference.
Union Minister Rajbhushan Nishad and Minister Neeraj Kumar Bablu in Bajpatti, Vinod Narayan Jha and Prem Ranjan Patel in Paliganj, Minister Janak Ram and Tarkishore Prasad in Thakurganj assembly constituency addressed the workers in the workers’ conference, while Minister Neeraj Singh Bablu and Lakhinder Paswan in Singheshwar, Minister Prem Kumar Jamalpur, MP Rajiv Pratap Rudy and Shahnawaz Hussain in Haralakhi and Minister Santosh Singh and MP Janardan Singh Sigriwal addressed the joint workers’ conference in the Nokha assembly.
Mukesh Sahani, the founder of the Vikassheel Insaan Party, stated that the Voter Rights Yatra is a movement to protect voting rights and represents the beginning of change in Bihar and the country. He cited the public support received as proof of the people’s desire for change.
Speaking at a public meeting in Ara, Mukesh Sahani stated that the RSS and BJP are seeking to end the rights of the poor, Dalits, and backward classes. He warned about vote theft in Bihar and said that the loss of voting rights would be detrimental.
Mukesh Sahani emphasized that they will not permit vote theft in Bihar and that they will start the movement to prevent it.
Bihar Janata Dal (U) state president Umesh Singh Kushwaha criticized the Mahagathbandhan’s Voter Rights Yatra as a failure. He stated that the public understands that the Mahagathbandhan lacks a vision and concrete achievements. He accused the opposition of using the yatra to distract from the Nitish government’s development efforts, but the public recognized their plan.
Kushwaha said the Mahagathbandhan hurt the public’s sentiments by including leaders Revanth Reddy and Stalin in the yatra. Therefore, the RJD-Congress alliance will face political consequences in the upcoming assembly elections.
At the Rashtriya Lok Morcha’s state camp office, Upendra Kushwaha welcomed Mukhiya cum PACS president Virendra Singh alias Bhuli Singh from the Nokha area of Rohtas district, and Mukhiya Kamlesh Kumar Patel of Shrikhinda Panchayat, into the party.
Party state spokesperson Nitin Bharti said that Kushwaha welcomed all the new members. He is confident that the new members will help strengthen the party in the Shahabad area and the Nokha block of Rohtas. The new members will work to advance public service with dedication.
Other individuals who joined the party included Chitraranjan Singh, Aditya Raj, Ranjit Kumar Singh, Braj Mohan Singh, Ram Ayodhya Giri, Vinay Kumar, Dular Chand Singh, and many others. Party’s state vice-president Chaudhary Basant Patel, Roshan Raja etc. were present on this occasion.