- Tejashwi Yadav calls PM Modi’s infiltration charge a diversion before Bihar polls.
- Questions BJP’s 20-year Bihar rule and 11 years at Centre for failing to find infiltrators.
- PM Modi alleges Congress-RJD alliance shields illegal entrants, vows crackdown.
- EC voter roll revision finds foreign nationals; opposition alleges voter suppression.
- Yadav launches five-day “Bihar Adhikar Yatra,” promises jobs and better governance.
GG News Bureau
Patna, 16th Sept: RJD leader Tejashwi Yadav on Monday dismissed Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s charge of an “infiltration crisis” in Bihar as a political distraction ahead of the Assembly polls.
In an interview with NDTV, the former Deputy Chief Minister and opposition’s key CM face questioned, “Where did these infiltrators come from? The BJP has ruled Bihar for 20 years and the Centre for 11. Have they identified even one infiltrator?”
Yadav accused the BJP of “diversionary tactics” to mask failures on jobs, education, and healthcare, pointing to similar rhetoric during last year’s Jharkhand elections that was later abandoned. Launching his five-day “Bihar Adhikar Yatra” from Jehanabad, he promised a government focused on welfare and employment.
The Prime Minister, campaigning in Purnea, alleged that the Congress-RJD alliance was shielding “infiltrators,” claiming demographic imbalance and threats to women’s safety. He vowed the NDA would “flush out” illegal entrants and accused the opposition of “vote bank politics.”
The controversy follows the Election Commission’s Special Intensive Revision, which reported cases of foreign nationals—Nepali, Bangladeshi, and Myanmarese—on Bihar’s voter rolls.
Opposition parties argue the exercise aims to disenfranchise poor and minority voters. The EC maintains it is a constitutional requirement to ensure clean rolls.
