Mahagathbandhan releases Bihar polls manifesto, promises to scrap ‘anti-farm laws’
Taking a dig at the Bharatiya Janata Party, Surjewala said that the BJP was contesting the polls in three alliances, one is with Janata Dal (United) which the people can see, another one is with the Lok Janshakti Party (LJP) which people understand, and the third one is with “Owaisi Saheb.”
The grand alliance partners in Bihar - the Congress, Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) and Left parties - on Saturday released their manifesto for the state assembly elections slated for late October and November this year with a focus on the farm laws and jobs.
Congress leader Randeep Singh Surjewala said that if they win the polls, under the leadership of the RJD’s Tejashwi Yadav, the alliance will pass a bill in the first Vidhan Sabha session itself to scrap the three anti-farm laws cleared by the Centre last month.
Taking a dig at the Bharatiya Janata Party, Surjewala said that the BJP was contesting the polls in three alliances, one is with Janata Dal (United) which the people can see, another one is with the Lok Janshakti Party (LJP) which people understand, and the third one is with “Owaisi Saheb.”
The grand alliance’s (GA) chief ministerial candidate Tejashwi Yadav said that the central team so far has not visited the state to see how many people were affected by the flood. “It seems that everyone is busy in the race to get the chair. People talk big that their work is of service, not of caring about fruits for themselves but there are 60 scams in Bihar for “mewa,” he added.
On BJP leader Giriraj Singh’s questions against Congress candidate Maskoor Usmani, Surjewala said “the BJP is preparing controversy in the hatred factory to divert attention. Our Jale candidate never aligned with Jinnah’s ideology. When he was an AMU student, he wrote to the PM for removal of Jinnah’s portrait from AMU, Parliament and Bombay high court but PM Modi never responded.”
Congress leader Shaktisinh Gohil was also present at the launch of the Mahagathbandhan common minimum programme document.
Earlier this week, the alliance partners had released a list of candidates who were contesting across 243 seats of the Bihar assembly, which will be held in three phases from October 28. The results will be declared on November 10.