‘He’s just fooling Lalu': Amit Shah's ‘Paltu’ jibe at Nitish Kumar in Bihar
Shah's visit came days after Opposition parties met in Patna last week & vowed to jointly take on BJP and forge common agenda ahead of 2024 national elections.
Union home minister Amit Shah on Thursday lashed out at Bihar chief minister Nitish Kumar in Bihar's Lakhisarai district, calling him a ‘Paltu Babu’ (Mr U-turn).
Shah said, “Paltu babu Nitish Kumar was asking what was done (by the Centre) in nine years. At least have some regard for those with whom you sat and due to whom you became the Chief Minister. A lot of work was done by PM Modi across the country in these nine years.”
He also asked former ally Kumar to explain what he has done for Bihar. “He has merely changed his alliance partners.”
Further lashing out at the chief minister, Shah said, “Can a leader who changes house again & again be trusted? Should the reins of Bihar be given in the hands of such a man? He too knows it. That is why, he is sitting in front of Congress' house to be the PM of the country. He doesn't want to be the PM, he is just fooling Lalu Yadav at this age. He wants to stay here in Bihar and has gathered all rivals of BJP.”
Shah's visit came days after 32 leaders from 15 Opposition parties met in Patna last week and all but one of them vowed to jointly take on the BJP and forge a common agenda ahead of the 2024 national elections.
Attacking the meeting of Opposition parties and their promise of unity, Shah said, that leaders who ditched NDA should be strictly punished. He further said, “These 20 [Opposition] parties are the ones who indulged in corruption & scams of ₹20 lakh crores from 2004-2014.”
Shah also said that the law and order situation has been “worsening by the day under Mahagathbandhan government”.
Stating that the state of Bihar has always raised it voice against corruption, Shah said, “Bihar will give a befitting reply to corrupt leaders in 2024 polls.”
Calling it a “strange party”, Shah also attacked the Congress. He said, “Congress is a strange party. A leader is launched for the first time in politics. We come from a party where a leader is not launched but the public launches him. But Congress has been launching Rahul baba for 20 years now. But he doesn't launch. This time too, Congress made a failed attempt to launch him in Patna…”
Further speaking of terrorist attacks in India, Shah said that when they took place during the Congress government, “Sonia-Manmohan government did not give any answer, used to sit in Delhi like Mouni Baba, but when there were attacks in Pulwama and Uri during PM Modi's tenure, Modi ji responded within 10 days. By doing surgical strike and air strike, entered the house of Pakistan and killed.”
Shah also accused Opposition parties and leaders including Congress, JD(U), TMC's Mamata Banerjee, and RJD of feeding “Article 370 in their lap like a child. They used to say that if Article 370 is removed, rivers of blood will flow in Kashmir, Rahul Baba did not even dare to throw a pebble away from the rivers of blood”.
