PATNA: After ‘Lalu ki Rasoi’, the RJD has come up with ‘Lalu ki naav’ (Lalu’s boat) to help people in the flood-hit areas of the state.
Painted in dark green colour, these boats have RJD election symbol and ‘long live’ Tejashwi Yadav written on the banner. Fourteen such boats have been introduced in the flood-affected areas of north Bihar.
RJD state spokesperson Chitranjan Gagan said the initiative has been taken by party leader Syyed Faisal Ali, who was their Lok Sabha candidate from Sheohar. “Since the government is not able to help people in crises like floods or Covid-19, our party supremo Lalu Prasad ji has asked all the RJD members to provide all possible help to them. This initiative is on his instructions,” Gagan said, adding, “Even Lalu ki Rasoi, which was started the previous year to provide food to the migrants who were returning home hungry, is continuing its services in several flooded pockets of the state.”
He said apart from providing such help, RJD MLAs and other members were also visiting the field to see the ground reality.
RJD’s another spokesperson Mritunjay Tiwari took a jibe at the aerial survey conducted by chief minister Nitish Kumar and said, “CM is in the air and is far away from the ground reality. What is he seeing from the helicopter? It is Lalu ki naav which is taking people stuck in the floods to safer areas.”
However, JD(U) state spokesperson Ranbir Nandan said the RJD had always been involved in cheap politics. “There is a saying, ‘Neki kar dariya me daal’. But the RJD people, instead of helping the people, start their advertisement,” he said, adding, “The state government under the leadership of CM Nitish Kumar is providing all help to the people. Bihar had earlier faced more massive floods and CM Nitish managed the situation well. As far as the aerial survey is concerned, we all know it is important to know the real situation.”
BJP leader Nikhil Anand said the RJD was copying the government’s ‘Tika ki naav’ initiative through which vaccination was being done in the flood-affected areas. “They had even launched a kitchen in the name of Lalu Ji. That has also failed. These are just the photo opportunities by the RJD. The fact is that Tejashwi is a failed leader and he should acknowledge how PM Modi has resolved the vaccination issue and how the Bihar government is working in case of vaccination as well as in the floods.”
