Escalating its poster war with opposition Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) ahead of the assembly polls, Janata Dal (United) has put up a poster against the former in Patna.
JDU released another poster mocking RJD leader Tejashwi Yadav for allegedly registering the bus for his Berozgari ‘rath’ yatra in the name of a Below Poverty Line (BPL) cardholder.
JDU member and Bihar’s cabinet minister Neeraj Kumar slammed RJD for registering the bus in the name of a Mangal Pal. He said that RJD has fooled a person belonging to the economically backward class.
Both the leaders are shown on top of a bus with the poster’s caption reading ‘Samajik nyaya ke dhongi ne kiya ati pichhada ke saath arthik jaalsaazi’ (The self-proclaimed champions of social justice committed economic fraud against most backward classes).
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RJD has already started preparations for this year’s assembly elections in Bihar. The party has made unemployment a key issue, with the ‘Berozgari Hatao’ (Remove unemployment) Yatra set to begin from 23 February to corner the Bihar government on the issue of unemployment.
The Yatra will start at Bihar Veterinary College Ground in Patna following which it will be held in every district of the state. However, the ownership of the bus has thrown it into controversy, with Tejashwi earlier refuting document-based claims on its ownership by saying that even Sunny Leone had topped a Bihar exam ‘on paper’.
The Bihar Assembly polls are likely to be held in October-November this year.
(With agency inputs)