 "PM Modi addresses party workers and supporters at the BJP headquarters in New Delhi on Friday. ANI")
Hailing the NDA’s massive win in the Bihar Assembly polls, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday said the victory has given a new ‘MY - Mahila and Youth’ formula with the people destroying the “communal MY formula of the jungle raj people”.
Addressing party workers and supporters at the BJP headquarters in New Delhi, PM Modi said, “Some parties in Bihar had created the appeasement formula of MY. But today’s victory has given a new positive MY formula, and that is Mahila and Youth. Today, Bihar is among those states of the country which have the highest number of youth, and this includes youth from every religion and every caste. Their desire, their aspiration and their dreams have completely destroyed the old communal MY formula of the Jungle Raj people….”
Modi said Bihar is the land which gave India the pride of being the mother of democracy, and the same land has ensured that the people attacking democracy “bite the dust”.
“Bihar has shown again that lies are defeated and people’s trust wins,” Modi said.
This victory has strengthened people’s confidence in the Election Commission, the prime minister said.
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View All“…This election has further strengthened the public’s trust in the Election Commission of India. The consistently high voter turnout over the past few years, the increased turnout by the deprived and the exploited, is a significant achievement for the Election Commission. This is the same Bihar that was once dominated by Maoist terror. Voting used to end at 3 pm in Naxal-affected areas,” he said.
“But in this election, people in Bihar have voted without fear, with enthusiasm and excitement. You also know what used to happen in Bihar during the times of jungle raj. Violence used to occur openly at polling stations. Ballot boxes were looted. Today, the same Bihar is seeing record voter turnout. It is voting peacefully. Everyone’s vote has been recorded. Everyone has cast their vote as per their choice…,” he added.
He also hailed Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar’s leadership and congratulated NDA allies for the electoral win.
“The people of Bihar, with this massive victory and their unshakable confidence, have taken the state by storm (garda uda diya),” he said.
PM Modi said his government is working to include the Chhath festival in the UNESCO Heritage List, aiming to connect India and the world with the festival’s cultural significance.
PM Modi reflected on the NDA’s electoral successes, noting that last year, the people of India gave the party a mandate for the third consecutive term in the Lok Sabha. He said this victory reflected the trust and blessings of the nation.
“And after the Lok Sabha elections, we also won Assembly elections in many states with a resounding majority. Haryana, the land that promoted the spirit of Jai Jawan, Jai Kisan, gave us the opportunity to serve for the third consecutive time. We won a resounding victory in Maharashtra, the holy land of Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj, Babasaheb Ambedkar, and Veer Savarkar. Maharashtra made us victorious for the third consecutive time. We won with a majority in the national capital after 25 years. And today, in Bihar, where such a large population lives in rural areas, we have won with such overwhelming numbers…,” he said.
He said the Bihar polls have also shown that the voters, especially the young ones, take the purification of the electoral list seriously.
“Today, I congratulate the Election Commission, our security forces, and the conscious voters of Bihar. The country is proud of all of you. The Bihar elections have proven another thing. Now, the country’s voters, especially our young voters, take voter list purification very seriously. The youth of Bihar have also overwhelmingly supported voter list purification. And I believe that for the sanctity of democracy, every voter has their importance and rights. Now, it is the responsibility of every party to activate their parties at the polling booths and enthusiastically participate in the voter list purification work. Contribute 100%, so that voter lists can be fully purified in other places as well…,” said the Prime Minister.
His remarks come at a time when Congress leader Rahul Gandhi has been alleging “vote chori” in state polls and accusing the EC of colluding with the BJP to ensure the party’s victory.
With inputs from agencies