Ahead of the forthcoming Lok Sabha elections, Union Minister of Rural Development and Panchayati Raj, Giriraj Singh, has expressed his confidence in securing all 40 seats in Bihar.
Addressing the media, the Minister stated, “I am 200% confident that we will win 40 seats in Bihar 200%. This tukde tukde, appeasement and Mughal mindset gang can never do the welfare of Bihar and the country. All 40/40 seats of the state will be in the name of PM Modi.”
Giriraj Singh has accused the RJD-Congress alliance of engaging in appeasement politics, claiming that the Congress objected to the Modi government’s actions against terrorism.
Giriraj Singh stated, “If there is an action on terrorist…the Congress party, the opposition parties attack the Modi government”. He further expressed, “In this Navratri, those who show that I am eating fish…they are the people of Mughal culture, people who do appeasement politics, call themselves secular. I say that the nation has always been secular…”
The Union Minister criticized former Prime Minister Indira Gandhi, stating, “Indira Gandhi in the name of appeasement… tried to destroy Sanatan’s secularism… Tried to defame sanatan.”
Bihar is set to conduct polling for its 40 Lok Sabha seats over seven phases. The first phase will see voting in four constituencies. From the second to the fifth phase, five constituencies will go to polls in each. The sixth and seventh phases will cover eight constituencies each.
In the 2019 Lok Sabha elections, the National Democratic Alliance (NDA), comprising the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), Janata Dal-United (JD(U)), and Lok Janshakti Party (LJP), emerged victorious, winning 39 out of 40 seats. The BJP secured 17 seats with a vote share of 24.1%, the JD(U) won 16 seats with a 22.3% vote share, and the LJP claimed six seats with an 8% vote share. In contrast, the Mahagathbandhan, consisting of the Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD), Indian National Congress (INC), and Rashtriya Lok Samta Party (RLSP), managed to win only one seat.