PM Modi paid tribute to Ram Vilas Paswan, who “stayed with me until his last breath”
New Delhi:
One day when Prime Minister Narendra Modi campaigned in Bihar with Nitish Kumar for state elections starting next week, his “loyal supporter”, Chirag Paswan, launched a new and more acute threat to the prime minister. “I did not say I would send Nitish Kumar to jail, but if I come to power, I will have the scams on his saat nishchay (seven solves) investigated scheme and any culprit will be sent to jail, even if it is the Chief Minister, “Party leader Lok Janshakti (LJP) told NDTV.
Chirag Paswan said he was “grateful” to Prime Minister Modi for paying tribute at his rally to his father and Union Minister Ram Vilas Paswan, who died earlier this month.
The Prime Minister began his first rally this morning with a tribute to Ram Vilas Paswan. “Bihar recently lost two of her sons who served the people all their lives. I pay tribute to Ram Vilas Paswanji, who worked for the poor and Dalits and stayed with me until his last breath,” said Prime Minister Modi, also referring to Raghuvansh. Prasad Singh, a former Union minister who died this month.
The prime minister did not once mention Chirag Paswan, the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) partner who has gone rogue and is fighting Nitish Kumar in the polls while pledging steadfast loyalty to the BJP. If Nitish Kumar, Chirag Paswan’s main target, expected any clarification from Prime Minister Modi that the LJP was not part of the NDA in Bihar or at least the BJP denouncing the young Paswan’s attacks on the Chief Minister, it did not happen. today.
“The prime minister comes and pays tribute to my father, it is a matter of pride for me as a son. The words that the prime minister used, that my father was with him until his last breath, moved me. I promise to also be with The Prime Minister Modi and his beliefs until my last breath, “Chirag Paswan told NDTV on the sidelines of his campaign in Barachatti in Gaya.
The increasingly sharp criticism of Paswan has been extremely upsetting to Nitish Kumar, who appears to be fighting public anger as he fights for a fourth consecutive term in Bihar.
The BJP’s refusal to release Paswan has twisted the knife.
Last week, Paswan dramatically declared himself “Hanuman” to Prime Minister Modi, saying that his image was embedded in his heart and that it could be seen if his chest was torn.
Although BJP leaders in Bihar have criticized Paswan and even “warned” him not to use the prime minister in his campaign, Delhi leaders have been notably reluctant to tell the LJP leader publicly. For weeks it has been speculated that the BJP is secretly backing Paswan as a counterweight to keeping Nitish Kumar in check after the results of the Bihar elections.
“I am with the NDA only for Prime Minister Modi. My loyalty is to him, even if our political paths are different at the moment,” Paswan said.
The 37-year-old LJP deputy also detected a humiliation in Prime Minister Modi referring to opposition criticism of his government’s decision to end Jammu and Kashmir’s special status under Article 370. Despite this his alliance with the BJP, Nitish Kumar’s party had initially opposed last year. the movement in parliament. Later, the party lined up saying it would respect what had become law.
“Nitish Kumar opposed the decisions on article 370, the triple talaq and the citizenship law, while we supported the BJP in each and every step. I don’t know what he must have felt when the prime minister spoke about it today. “Paswan said.
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