CM Nitish Kumar said the conjectures over LK Advani's candidature for the post of PM alienating minorities from favouring NDA nominees were "nothing but a facade".
Asserting that the NDA in Bihar had already geared up for the forthcoming Lok Sabha elections in Bihar, chief minister Nitish Kumar said the conjectures over senior BJP leader LK Advani's candidature for the post of prime minister alienating minorities from favouring NDA nominees in the state were "nothing but a facade".
"It is nothing but facade. The NDA government in Bihar is doing all-possible for the uplift of the all sections of society, particularly the minorities", Kumar told reporters.
"Advani is leader of the alliance which is to take on the UPA in the coming lok sabha polls", he said, adding both the JD(U) and BJP were fully prepared to face the elections and defeat the UPA.
"Since we are in election mode, I cannot predict what will happen but it is almost sure that we will be pulling off a spectacular victory over our rivals", chief minister said.
Kumar said issues relating to the development works the NDA government had delivered, UPA government's insincere and lackadaiscal approach towards the development of the state and the Centre ignoring the state to provide required assistance for the victims affected by unprecedented floods in 2007 and 2008 would be highlights of the poll plank to be highlighted by the NDA leaders during electioneering.
Kumar said "the UPA government at the Centre had blocked the development of the state on several fronts. We have investment proposals worth several crores of rupees for setting up ethanol based industries but the fate of these projects still hangs in balance as the union government restrained production of ethanol from sugarcane industries."
"Similarly, the coal linkages to our thermal power projects meant for boosting energy production too have been denied", he said, adding the central ministers from Bihar had always tried to harm the growth of the state +by one way or the other.
Chief minister ridiculed railway minister Lalu Prasad and union minister for Steel, Chemicals and Fertilizers Ramvilas Paswan for going on poll eve foundation-laying spree of projects to win over the voters.
"But, it is a matter of fact that the people know the fate of these projects after elections are over", he sarcastically remarked.
Announcing suspension of his Vikas Yatra with model code of conduct coming into effect from today itself after declaration of the schedule for the lok sabha polls, the chief minister said, "we will now concentrate on the strategies for the elections."
On reported tiffs over seat-sharing arrangements between the JD(U) and BJP in Bihar, Kumar said "we will ensure perfect understanding with our ally."
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