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has also decreased. There were about municipality did not even have a mem-
1.5 hundred districts which have now ber. If you talk about Assam Meghalaya
reduced to 70. I always say that fight or Nagaland we won it.
against naxalites freely, come in the But you never said that you did
election, and defeat us. But they don’t amazing. Now we lost at states then
have the courage to face the people. everything is over. I would say wait for
They always torture the people with 26th May, you will also be here and I
the power of the gun, but the country’s shall be here and I shall answer you.
democracy is very strong.
Issues are raised in every election You hail from Bihar. There was
but in practicality polls are won by per- considerable upheaval in the state.
ception. And the perception is that BJP Ramvilas (Paswan) ji is saying
is lagging behind, while the Congress is something else, Kushwaha ji got
going one step ahead. separated. How is this going to
It can be your perception and we affect all these activities on Bihar
are surprised that we rule over the 70 elections?
percent of the country. We won Tripura JDU, BJP and Ramvilas Ji, these three
with a two-third majority where our have strong unity, they will fight to-
gether. Kushwaha ji came. His party has
‘In Bengal there will almost become extinct, yet we have
given him respect, honored him as a
be a historic mandate minister. Now if he has gone, let it go.
in favour of BJP. We NDA BJP will have a very effective and
authentic victory in Bihar in the Lok
shall stand with Sabha.
people in You have more than 20 seats in
all the miseries Bihar. Do you expect to win even
more seats? Modi ji had promised a
and we shall fight lot for Bihar in the last elections but
against every the state has not got all that yet?
Our government is determined for the
damage to the development of Bihar. We have made
country’ national highway water in Bihar, eight
DPOs of Digital India opened in Bihar,
the expansion of power, and Mahatma
Gandhi Setu’s parallel bridge was cre-
ated. To ask questions is your job but our
government and Prime Minister Modi
are convinced about the development
of East India. Modi ji believes that till the
development of eastern India is done,
the country will not progress. It includes
Bihar, Bengal, Orissa, North East.
Uttar Pradesh is also nearby, that’s
the climax. How will you maintain it?
You used to ask this question during
the assembly election. But how was the
result? That’s what I will say, wait for
May. The people of the country will give
the BJP and Modi an effective result
Former Chief Justice from Uttar Pradesh.
Deepak Misra
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