Law Kumar Mishra
Patna, October 1
RJD national vice-president Shivanand Tiwari on Wednesday objected to the statement of the union minister of state for Home, Nityananad Rai that if RJD was voted to power in Bihar, the state would become a shelter home for the terrorists from Kashmir.
Tiwari said in an election meeting at Mahnar in Vaishali district yesterday, Rai had warned the people against voting for RJD candidates and cautioned them if RJD got power, terrorists from Kashmir would shift to Bihar. He said by making such kind of statements, Rai was trying to divide the society on communal considerations.
He commented that the union minister was challenging the administrative capacity of the chief minister, Nitish Kumar by apprehending that the state may become a shelter home of the Kashmiri militants. He recalled in 2015 assembly elections when JDU, RJD and Congress were in alliance, similar statements were made by BJP leaders Amit Shah and Giriraj Singh. They had said if RJD came to power, Bihar may become the hub of terrorism.
Giriraj Singh in an election meeting at Araria had said victory of RJD would be celebrated in Pakistan where crackers would be burst.
For making a communal speech in 2014 elections at Deoghar in neighbouring Jharkhand, Election Commission had imposed a ban on the public meetings of Giriraj Singh.
