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As the gang chuckled, Rahul Gandhi, seated beside him, interjected on a lighter notice, saying, “It is applicable for me as well.”
Tejashwi advises Chirag Paswan to get married, Rahul Gandhi says ‘applies to me as well’ (X)
RJD chief Tejashwi Yadav on Sunday took a dig at Lok Janshakti Get together (Ram Vilas) chief and Union Minister Chirag Paswan and cheekily suggested him to get married quickly.
Whereas responding to Paswan’s comment that Tejashwi Yadav has change into a “hanger-on” of Congress chief Rahul Gandhi in a press briefing throughout the opposition’s ongoing ‘Voter Adhikar Yatra’ in Bihar’s Araria, the RJD chief stated, “Some people are Hanuman of a special person, but we are Hanuman of the public. Chirag Paswan is not an issue today…”
He additional suggested the Union Minister to get married quickly. “He is our elder brother. I would definitely advise him to get married quickly,” he stated, with a smile.
As the gang chuckled, Rahul Gandhi, seated beside him, interjected on a lighter notice, saying, “It is applicable for me as well.”
The jab was a transparent reference to Paswan’s oft-repeated declare of being Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s ‘Hanuman’, affirming his loyalty to PM Modi. Through the 2020 Bihar polls, drawing a parallel, Paswan stated that he doesn’t want to make use of PM Modi’s photographs for the election marketing campaign in Bihar.
“I don’t need to use PM Modi’s photos for campaigning. He lives in my heart; I am his Hanuman. If needed, I will tear open my chest and show it,” he had famously stated throughout the polls.
In the meantime, Rahul Gandhi, with whom Tejashwi Yadav shared the stage after the Vote Adhikaar Yatra, alleged that the Election Fee of India (ECI) has institutionalised makes an attempt to steal votes in Bihar by the Particular Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls and is working in favour of the BJP.
“In Bihar, SIR is an institutionalised way for vote theft. Lakhs of voters’ names were deleted; the Opposition is complaining, but the BJP has not complained even once because there is a partnership between the Election Commission, the Election Commissioner and the BJP,” he stated.
The Voter Adhikar Yatra, carried out by Rahul Gandhi and Tejashwi Yadav, to focus on the federal government over alleged voter theft and take their critical fees of “vote chori” amongst folks forward of the Meeting Elections within the state later this yr, from Sasaram on August 17.
The Yatra entered its eighth day on Sunday and can conclude in Patna on September 1.
The 2 leaders have alleged irregularities within the voter record, accusing the Election Fee of India of intentionally including names of voters to favour the BJP.
The Yatra will cowl over 1,300 km throughout 20 districts within the state and can conclude in Patna.
The polls are slated to be held later this yr, although the ECI has but to announce the schedule for a similar.
(With inputs from businesses)
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Araria, India, India
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