The main opposition party in Bihar, Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD), believes that the latest actions against the Congress by the Central agencies will benefit the grand old party.
According to the RJD, the BJP, which has given the slogan of “Congress Mukt Bharat” is itself providing space to the Congress for its revival.
RJD vice president Shivanand Tiwari says, “The way government machinery was used to prevent pre-scheduled programmes of the Congress party, such a situation had not emerged in the country post-Independence. The way the police force was deployed at the residence of Sonia Gandhi, the way it behaved with Rahul Gandhi and other Congress leaders, and forcibly prevented them to participate in a protest, it all attributes to murdering the democracy.”
“In democracy, every political party has the right to demonstrate against the government policies,” Tiwari says.
“BJP government is celebrating ‘Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav’ and launched ‘Har Ghar Tiranga’ campaign in the country but the same RSS and BJP did not recognise the Tricolour for many years. The national flag was hoisted in RSS headquarters in Nagpur only after 2007. And now, they are pretending to be a patriot,” he adds.
“On January 26, 1930, the Tricolour was hoisted in every house of the country which attributes to the freedom, democracy, equality and brotherhood. Now, the BJP is trying to mow down the democracy in the country,” Tiwari says.
“In a bid to save the democracy, if any government is trying to mow down the protest of opposition parties, it is our duty to object to the act of the government,” the RJD leader asserts, adding that at present, the BJP is “using the Central agencies as a tool to target leaders of every political party in the country”.
Congress party, in a state like Bihar, was losing its ground specially after dismal performance in the 2020 Assembly elections. But now, the same party is getting support from the common people. Moreover, the workers of the grand old party are looking united. The unity was visible in the streets of Patna when the male and female workers were taking on the police personnel during the protest march to the Raj Bhawan.
The protest was headed by Madan Mohan Jha, the state president of Congress party of Bihar.
Like Congress, other political parties are getting back to their political strengths thanks to the investigating agencies. On July 31, Arun Singh, the national general secretary of BJP announced to have an alliance with JD(U) not only till 2025 but also in 2029. However, to this, the JD(U) national president Rajiv Ranjan Singh alias Lalan Singh said that his focus is not on making alliance with the BJP or any other party.
Political analysts believe that the BJP wants to stay in power in Bihar till the crucial 2024 Lok Sabha election.
With inputs from News18