'Do Hazar Bees, Hatao Nitish': Lalu Prasad Coins Slogan For Bihar Assembly Elections

Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) chief Lalu Prasad on Saturday launched a scathing attack on Chief Minister Nitish Kumar for its ‘misrule’ and coined a new term for upcoming Assembly elections in the state. “Do Hazar Bees, Hatao Nitish’ (Oust Nitish from power in 2020),” Prasad wrote on Twitter, amid the ongoing war of words through posters between his party and the Janata Dal United (JDU). The former chief minister is currently lodged in a Ranchi jail in connection with fodder scam cases. Prasad said also said the central government has given ‘zero’ to the dispensation in Bihar, referring to a recent NITI Aayog report.

Prasad lashed out at the state government for being a ‘big failure’ in the Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) Index report released by the Niti Aayog on December 30 last year.

दो हज़ार बीस
हटाओ नीतीश

— Lalu Prasad Yadav (@laluprasadrjd) January 4, 2020

“Both Niti Aayog and the central government have given zero to Nitish’s misrule by declaring it (Bihar) as the worst in the country,” the RJD boss claimed.

Kerala was on the top of the list in the SDG Index 2019 while Bihar was adjudged as the worst performer. Niti Aayog’s SDG India Index evaluates the progress of states and union territories on social, economic and environmental parameters.

“Please get your account of 15 years (of development) checked with them also. Will you do something or fight it out only through posters?” he tweeted.

The JDU had on Thursday come up with a poster depicting the erstwhile Lalu-Rabri (Devi) regime as one with “broken roads, students studying in the lantern light, bloodshed and people holding guns”.

The poster, however, highlighted the “developmental work” of the state government and its “corruption-free” image.

The RJD shot back with its own version, which alleged scams and poor governance by the BJP-led National Democratic Alliance (NDA). “One (the Nitish Kumar government) should not insist on flying when one does not have wings, as you will only get hurt,” Prasad’s tweet added. Assembly elections are due in Bihar later this year.