NEW DELHI: Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Friday launched a scathing attack on RJD chief Lalu Prasad Yadav and the opposition alliance during his campaign rally in Siwan, invoking memories of Bihar’s “dark years” under the Lalu-Rabri regime and the reign of gangster-politician Mohammad Shahabuddin.
Addressing a massive crowd, Shah said, “For twenty long years, this land of Siwan endured the jungle raj of Lalu and Rabri. Siwan witnessed atrocities, oppression, and countless murders under that regime. But the brave people here never bowed down and put an end to that era.”
Calling Siwan the land of India’s first President, Dr Rajendra Prasad, Shah paid tributes to the region’s legacy of courage and resistance. He accused the RJD leadership of rampant corruption, saying, “Tell the people what you did in 20 years—except scams. You were involved in fodder, land, power, job and railway hotel scams. Even relief schemes weren’t spared.”