Returning soon after Dussehra holidays, BJP President Amit Shah got into rally mood with renewed vigor, calling for the ‘development’ of Bihar as top priority. His speeches had a marked focus on development and targeted women and youth.
Coming in wake of a series of controversies that the BJP has been hit with, it has rightly chosen to focus on development rather than be too loud in their attack of the opposition. He, however, did mention Lalu Prasad’s speech where he called the election a fight between ‘agda’ and ‘pichda’ – forward and backward classes, at Raghopur when he was campaigning for his son. The same speech brought EC’s attention and trouble for him.
Amit Shah spoke of the need for the people of Bihar to come forward, especially the women and youth, and together contribute in making Bihar a developed state. He said his party was ready to do whatever it takes and remains committed to Bihar’s development.
Shah also spoke about how the Dalits and other backward classes had suffered during Lalu’s Jungle Raj and said it was now time for them to be part of the mainstream. The renewed thrust of Shah’s speech in favour of the Dalits, EBCs and OBCs underscores BJP’s attempt to position itself as the new champion of the backward classes, in a move to simultaneously blunt the JD(U)-RJD edge in that segment, along with entering into BSP’s turf, in a calculated step with an eye on elections in U.P in 2017.
Returning soon after Dussehra holidays, BJP President Amit Shah got into rally mood with renewed vigor, calling for the ‘development’ of Bihar as top priority. His speeches had a marked focus on development and targeted women and youth.
Coming in wake of a series of controversies that the BJP has been hit with, it has rightly chosen to focus on development rather than be too loud in their attack of the opposition. He, however, did mention Lalu Prasad’s speech where he called the election a fight between ‘agda’ and ‘pichda’ – forward and backward classes, at Raghopur when he was campaigning for his son. The same speech brought EC’s attention and trouble for him.
Amit Shah spoke of the need for the people of Bihar to come forward, especially the women and youth, and together contribute in making Bihar a developed state. He said his party was ready to do whatever it takes and remains committed to Bihar’s development.
Shah also spoke about how the Dalits and other backward classes had suffered during Lalu’s Jungle Raj and said it was now time for them to be part of the mainstream. The renewed thrust of Shah’s speech in favour of the Dalits, EBCs and OBCs underscores BJP’s attempt to position itself as the new champion of the backward classes, in a move to simultaneously blunt the JD(U)-RJD edge in that segment, along with entering into BSP’s turf, in a calculated step with an eye on elections in U.P in 2017.
