West Bengal’s political discourse lacks any focus on development, charged JD(U) leader Neeraj Kumar, targeting TMC supremo Mamata Banerjee for her aversion to progress-oriented campaigning. During a candid Patna conversation with IANS, Kumar stressed that the ruling party shuns development manifestos, preferring sentiment-driven electioneering.
The ongoing Special Intensive Revision by the Election Commission drew TMC’s ire, which Kumar called misguided. “They should respect and back this essential process,” he said, unlike their politicization. He cited Bihar’s decisive public repudiation of Rahul Gandhi and Tejashwi Yadav’s SIR-opposing march as a lesson.
Kumar affirmed SIR’s precedent in purging invalid entries, puzzled by opposition resistance. Regarding AAP’s Delhi excise case exoneration, he termed it interim, with judicial appeals imminent—no cause for overreaction.
In Assam, BJP’s vote-seeking exemplifies democratic maturity, affirming public sovereignty. BJP’s Bengal Parivartan Yatra counters TMC’s development neglect by reaching grassroots levels.
On Amit Shah’s Bihar sojourn addressing border intrusions, Kumar endorsed the tough central policy safeguarding national territory for citizens only. Anticipating JD(U) success in Patna University student union polls, he envisioned bolstered youth leadership. Concluding with Lalu Prasad’s IRCTC scam hearing, Kumar portrayed him as socialism’s disrepute, whose property aggrandizement era belongs to the past amid calls for dignified repose.