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The Congress, which is the RJD’s junior ally in Bihar, has been predicted by exit polls to emerge as the one largest celebration in Karnataka, which is at present dominated by the BJP.
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Within the manifesto, Islamist group PFI and Bajrang Dal, the youth wing of Vishwa Hindu Parishad, an RSS affiliate, have been talked about in the identical vein, evoking outrage from the BJP, the veritable political entrance of the “Sangh Parivar”
Bihar Deputy Chief Minister Tejashwi Yadav on Friday invoked the “Bajrang Bali” metaphor to foretell a lower than beneficial consequence for the BJP in Karnataka meeting polls.
“Lord Bajrang Bali could be very indignant with the BJP”, was the younger RJD chief’s curt reply when reporters approached him with queries about his guess about ballot ends in the southern state, to be introduced on Saturday.
The allusion was, clearly, to the large controversy that had adopted the promise of a clampdown on extremist organizations, made by the Congress in its election manifesto for Karnataka.
Within the manifesto, Islamist group PFI and Bajrang Dal, the youth wing of Vishwa Hindu Parishad, an RSS affiliate, have been talked about in the identical vein, evoking outrage from the BJP, the veritable political entrance of the “Sangh Parivar”.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi, at his election conferences, alleged that any motion towards Bajrang Dal was tantamount to an insult to “Bajrang Bali”, one other widespread identify of Lord Hanuman, and raised chants of “Bajrang Bali Ki Jai” at rallies.
The Congress, which is the RJD’s junior ally in Bihar, has been predicted by exit polls to emerge as the one largest celebration in Karnataka, which is at present dominated by the BJP.
In the meantime, Yadav’s father Lalu Prasad, the RJD’s founding chief, who has been within the metropolis for almost two weeks, stepped out of his spouse Rabri Devi’s home for the primary time, to pay a go to to a tomb located adjoining to the Patna Excessive Courtroom.
Outdated-timers have been thrilled to catch a glimpse of the charismatic chief, now a pale shadow of his former ebullient self, as he provided prayers on the “Excessive Courtroom mazaar”, which the RJD supremo used to go to steadily till being performed in by jail phrases and failing well being.
By the way, Prasad’s arch rival-turned-ally, Chief Minister Nitish Kumar, can be a frequent customer to the Excessive Courtroom mazaar.
The JD(U) chief, who has been travelling throughout the nation to unite the opposition towards the BJP forward of subsequent yr’s Lok Sabha polls, met a delegation of Assam-based All India United Democratic Entrance (AIUDF) headed by its president Badruddin Ajmal.
The Assam-based AIUDF was part of the “Mahajot”, together with Congress, RJD and the Left, within the final meeting polls held within the northeastern state.
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