PATNA / NEW DELHI: LJP chief Chirag Paswan claimed on Friday that he is Narendra Modi’s “Hanuman” and that the prime minister lives in his heart.
Paswan’s statement came on a day when he was criticized by Union Minister Prakash Javadekar, who called the LJP leader a “Katua vote” (vote divider) and accused him of trying to create confusion by insisting on his equations. with top leaders of the saffron party.
“The prime minister lives in my heart … I am like their Hanuman. If they (their critics) want, they can open my heart and see that. I don’t need to use the prime minister’s photograph,” Paswan. He said.
Paswan, who led his party out of the NDA in Bihar and is competing alone, was recently warned by senior BJP leaders, including former Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis and Bihar Chief Deputy Minister Sushil Kumar Modi of shares legal if your party used the prime minister’s photograph for the election campaign.
“The Prime Minister (Nitish Kumar) needs his (Modi) photo more, he needs to share the podium with the Prime Minister, as he had constantly opposed him on the subject of Article 370, instant triple talaq, CAA and NRC.
“One thing I made clear today is that I was, am and will be with the BJP in the future as well. It is my determination to form a BJP-LJP government in Bihar after November 10, the day the results of the BJP are announced. the elections, “he said. , with the photograph of his father and LJP founder, Ram Vilas Paswan, in the background.
Paswan faced harsh criticism from Javadekar, who said: “We want to make it clear that we have no relationship (with LJP) and we do not like this policy of sowing confusion.”
Other senior BJP leaders, including the party’s general secretary, Bhupender Yadav, also attacked Paswan.
Yadav accused Paswan of practicing a “policy of lies” and said he had been praising the Bihar government in February this year.
“Chirag should not live in illusion nor feed any illusion or spread illusion,” Yadav tweeted.
Javadekar said that BJP’s alliance in Bihar is with JD (U), Jitan Ram Manjhi’s HAM (S) and Vikassheel Insaan Party, stating that the NDA will win a three-quarter majority in the state.
The LJP is nothing more than “vote katua” and will not be able to have much impact, he said.
Paswan’s statement came on a day when he was criticized by Union Minister Prakash Javadekar, who called the LJP leader a “Katua vote” (vote divider) and accused him of trying to create confusion by insisting on his equations. with top leaders of the saffron party.
“The prime minister lives in my heart … I am like their Hanuman. If they (their critics) want, they can open my heart and see that. I don’t need to use the prime minister’s photograph,” Paswan. He said.
Paswan, who led his party out of the NDA in Bihar and is competing alone, was recently warned by senior BJP leaders, including former Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis and Bihar Chief Deputy Minister Sushil Kumar Modi of shares legal if your party used the prime minister’s photograph for the election campaign.
“The Prime Minister (Nitish Kumar) needs his (Modi) photo more, he needs to share the podium with the Prime Minister, as he had constantly opposed him on the subject of Article 370, instant triple talaq, CAA and NRC.
“One thing I made clear today is that I was, am and will be with the BJP in the future as well. It is my determination to form a BJP-LJP government in Bihar after November 10, the day the results of the BJP are announced. the elections, “he said. , with the photograph of his father and LJP founder, Ram Vilas Paswan, in the background.
Paswan faced harsh criticism from Javadekar, who said: “We want to make it clear that we have no relationship (with LJP) and we do not like this policy of sowing confusion.”
Other senior BJP leaders, including the party’s general secretary, Bhupender Yadav, also attacked Paswan.
Yadav accused Paswan of practicing a “policy of lies” and said he had been praising the Bihar government in February this year.
“Chirag should not live in illusion nor feed any illusion or spread illusion,” Yadav tweeted.
Javadekar said that BJP’s alliance in Bihar is with JD (U), Jitan Ram Manjhi’s HAM (S) and Vikassheel Insaan Party, stating that the NDA will win a three-quarter majority in the state.
The LJP is nothing more than “vote katua” and will not be able to have much impact, he said.
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