After ‘padman’ row, Rahul steers Congress’ ship in poll-bound Bihar by putting focus on crime

While targeting Chief Minister Nitish Kumar-led JDU-BJP conjugation authorities successful the state, the LOP alleged that transgression had go the caller mean successful the state

Leader of Opposition Rahul Gandhi . PTI File

A time aft the Congress' “padman strategy” stirred a enactment successful Bihar, Leader of Opposition (LOP) successful Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi connected Sunday steers the party's vessel again successful the poll-bound authorities portion raking up its transgression rate.

While targeting Chief Minister Nitish Kumar-led JDU-BJP conjugation authorities successful the state, the LOP alleged that transgression had go the caller mean successful the state.

To underscore his statement, helium highlighted the caller sidesplitting of BJP person successful Bihar and businessman Gopal Khemka. Khemka was changeable dormant extracurricular his location successful Patna connected July 4. The incidental took spot adjacent the 'Panache' edifice successful the Gandhi Maidan constabulary presumption country erstwhile Khemka was connected his mode home. He lived successful the 'Twin Tower' society, which is adjacent to the hotel.

Congress person Rahul's remarks came aft the party's cardinal predetermination strategy successful Bihar, inspired by the movie 'Padman', to woo women voters by distributing sanitary pads, triggered a  contention aft disapproval by the BJP. The enactment erupted owed to a representation of Rahul connected the sanitary pad boxes being fixed to implicit 5 lakh women successful the state, arsenic the saffron enactment termed the Congress' determination arsenic insult to Bihar's women.

The initiative, called Priyadarshini Udaan Yojana, aims to rise menstrual hygiene consciousness and is portion of the Congress's broader women-centric outreach. The sanitary pad boxes diagnostic a photograph of Rahul Gandhi, with the Congress's canvass committedness of a Rs 2,500 dole per period to women from deprived families.

In his comments connected X, the Congress person said, "The unfastened shooting of businessman Gopal Khemka successful Patna has erstwhile again proved that the BJP and Nitish Kumar person unneurotic made Bihar the 'crime superior of India'."

He alleged that Bihar was “living nether the shadiness of loot, gunshot and murder”. "Crime has go the caller mean present - and the authorities has wholly failed," helium wrote.

The Congress person Rahul urged the radical successful Bihar to marque a alteration successful the authorities done their ballot successful the upcoming elections.

"Brothers and sisters of Bihar, this injustice cannot beryllium tolerated immoderate more. The authorities that cannot support your children cannot instrumentality work for your aboriginal either. Every murder, each loot, each slug - is simply a outcry for change. Now is the clip for a caller Bihar - wherever determination is progress, not fear," helium wrote.

"This clip the ballot is not conscionable to alteration the government, but to prevention Bihar," helium added.