BJP: Bihar’s development hampered in RJD’s rule
BJP national president JP Nadda on Saturday launched a scathing attack on RJD chief Lalu Yadav, saying that the progress of Bihar was hampered during the latter’s rule.
“Lalu’s rule turned a progressing Bihar into a sinking Bihar. There was a time when stepping out after 5 pm became difficult. But under the NDA government, Bihar has reached new heights of development,” Nadda said, while addressing the “Ek Bharat-Shreshtha Bharat Sneh Milan Samaroh” organised on the occasion of Bihar Diwas at Dr Ambedkar International Centre in Delhi.
The BJP president recalled his childhood and teenage years spent in Bihar, mentioning how he had witnessed the construction of Gandhi Setu over the Ganges, a project that took decades to complete.
“Today, Bihar has a marine drive along the Ganga river, along with a newly built bridge over it. The state has also seen a vast expansion of road and rail networks,” he said.
Nadda highlighted that when the NDA government came to power in Bihar in 2005, the rural road network in the state was only 384 km long, whereas today, Bihar has over 1,12,000 km of roads. “Several expressways have also been constructed in the state. PM Narendra Modi has further gifted Bihar with IIT-Patna,” he said, adding that soon, Asia’s biggest hospital will be built in Patna.
The BJP chief also slam-
-med AAP, saying: “Before the BJP government came to power, Delhi was under the AAP government for 10 years, during which the Capital saw a period of complete darkness. The city was not moving towards development, but towards destruction.”
