Did 17 political parties come together in Delhi
on October 30 for communal harmony. alone? There is a speculation that is
gaining ground that Nitish Kumar is going to be declared as prime ministerial
nominee by CPI and CPM ahead of upcoming Lok Sabha elections. Kumar's speech at
JDU's Chintin Shivir at Rajgir wherein he demolished Narendra Modi's claims
made at Hunkar rally based on facts has brought him closer to CPI and CPM.
The war of words between a declared Prime
Ministerial candidate and an undeclared Prime Ministerial candidate is given
below:
Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi:
Bihar BJP has demanded a 50,000-crore package and the state must get it
Bihar CM Nitish Kumar: Janata-Dal United's
signature campaign forced Centre to set up panel to consider special status for
Bihar... BJP launched a vicious campaign against Amartya Sen just because he
had praised Bihar model of development
Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi: This
(hunkar) rally is not just historic, but it will also lay foundation stone for
a new future
Bihar CM Nitish Kumar: BJP's hunkar
(battle cry) rally reflects their arrogance
Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi: I
used to sell tea on trains. Even the railway minister doesn't have my
experience of what one face on trains. Hum gharibi main paida huye hai. I have
seen and experienced poverty
Bihar CM Nitish Kumar: I have not sold
tea, but I too come from a modest background
Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi: In
the alliance of JDU-BJP, the BJP ministers who worked for the welfare of people
of Bihar... We wanted to remove jungle raj from Bihar, therefore had tolerated
many insults
Bihar CM Nitish Kumar: My ex-friends once
praised me and now they are finding faults with me... BJP is responsible for
the split.
Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi:
Bihar CM and I were at an occasion where he was most uncomfortable to be seen
in my presence. I told him: Don't worry, there are no cameras here
Bihar CM Nitish Kumar: We were not seated
at the same table at any lunch hosted by PM Manmohan Singh
Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi: I
want to tell the descendants of Shri Krishna (Yadavs), I have come from Dwarka
to take responsibility of your well being
Bihar CM Nitish Kumar: They talk about
Lord Ram and Lord Krishna. BJP should remember Ram, Krishna united country and
didn't belong to any caste or party
Modi: Poverty is a very big issue and due
to price rise poor have nothing to eat. Children are crying
Nitish: What's their thought for the
millions who live below the poverty line? I have a vision and I am working for
it
Modi: When we are reminded of the Gupta
Dynasty we are reminded of Chandragupta's rajneeti
Nitish: BJP has amazing grasp of history.
They should know Chandragupta was of Maurya dynasty, not of Gupta dynasty
Modi: Alexander's army conquered the
entire world but was defeated by the Biharis. That's the might of this land.
Nitish: Alexander’s army never crossed
Ganga and he wasn’t defeated by Biharis. Neither is Takshashila in Bihar (as
Modi had said), it is situated in Pakistan.
Modi:Takshashila is in Bihar
Nitish:Takshashila is in Pakistan
Modi: People in Bihar are not
opportunistic, except a few
Nitish: If the BJP was so hurt, why did
the party fight 2010 elections in alliance with the JD-U? Because they could
not do without our party. So, tell me, who is opportunistic? It was the BJP
that betrayed us and weakened the anti-Congress forces.
Bihar Chief Minister underlined that Gujarat
Chief Minister's understanding of country's history, geography and politics is
wrong. .Bihar Chief Minister referred to Gujarat Chief Minister as Hitler and
compared his politics to the politics of Hitler's propaganda minister Joseph
Goebbels. Post Hunkar rally, the task for Gujarat Chief Minister is crystal
clear to demonstrate that he is unlike Hitler and his grasp of historical and
geographical facts is right. Both Modi has to illustrate how his policies
are different from that of Congress. Nitish is yet to show that he has
alternative economic policies different from that of BJP and Congress. The
industrial policy that promotes hazardous industries like asbestos that is
banned in over 50 countries like Congress and the support for legally
questionable biometric identification schemes like e-shakti and aadhaar/UID
that has been rejected in Australia, China, UK, France and USA like Congress is
a case in point.
In the matter of Special Economic Zones (SEZs),
Bihar Chief Minister did take a sane position but the way land banks are being
promoted SEZs will manifest themselves in a different guise. He is yet to
unveil his alternative policies for education, water, transportation etc.
Unless Nitish Kumar does so his anti-Congressism and anti-BJPism will remain
somewhat suspect because right wing economic policies reach the same
destination which right wing religious parties do. In the changed economic
scenario, a V P Singh is hardly sufficient, perhaps only a Lohia like person can
undertake deep rooted changes that the country is in dire need of.
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