Amit Shah offers prayers at Budhi Kali Mata Temple in Kishanganj, Bihar.

Kishanganj (Bihar) [India]September 24 (ANI): Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Saturday offered prayers at the Budhi Kali Mata Temple at Subhashpalli Chowk in Kishanganj, Bihar.

Shah is on a two-day visit to the state after the BJP broke away from the JD(U).

Hitting out at Nitish Kumar, Shah on Friday addressed a rally of ‘Jan Bhavna Mahasabha’ and said the people of the state will “wipe out the Lalu-Nitish duo” in the 2024 general elections and the party will come to power in the state. . 2025,

Addressing ‘Jan Bhavna Mahasabha’ in Bihar’s Purnia, Shah said, “In 2014, you (Bihar CM Nitish Kumar) had only 2 LS seats, ‘Na ghar ke rahe na ghat ke’. 2024 Let the Lok Sabha elections of Bihar come, the people of Bihar will wipe out the Lalu-Nitish duo. We are going to come to power here with an absolute majority in the 2025 elections.”

Shah further said that Nitish Kumar is not in favor of any political ideology and can join hands with any party to remain in power.

“Nitish Kumar is not in favor of any political ideology. Nitish ji can leave socialism and go with Lalu ji, can do casteist politics. Nitish ji can leave socialism and sit with Left Congress. He may leave RJD and join BJP. Nitish has only one policy – my chair should remain intact.

The Home Minister said that the threat of ‘jungle-raj’ is looming over Bihar.

He said, ‘I want to ask Nitish Kumar and new minister Lalan Singh that if people involved in fodder scam become ministers in your cabinet, how will you catch them? And then he (CM) is trying to think of banning CBI under the pressure of Lalu. Bihar is under threat of ‘jungle-raj’,” he said at his first rally after Nitish Kumar became Bihar CM for the eighth time.

Shah criticized the law and order situation in the state and said there was an “atmosphere of fear” in the state after the Grand Alliance government returned to power.

He said that the crowd gathered in the rally is a warning sign for the Lalu-Nitish government.

The Union Home Minister is scheduled to review a meeting with Director Generals and senior officers of Border Security Force (BSF), SSB and Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP) at BSF Complex, Kishanganj at 12 noon later.

He will also participate in the ‘Sunder Bhoomi’ program organized on the occasion of ‘Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav’ being organized at Mata Gujri University.

This is Shah’s first visit to Bihar after the JD(U) recently severed ties with the BJP to form a grand alliance government in the state, which assumes significance as it turns out that it will sound the bugle of election preparations for the party. Victory in the 2024 Lok Sabha elections. (ANI)

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