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Priyanka Gandhi Kicks Off Bihar Campaign With Broadside at NDA Over Jobs, Voter Rolls and Crime

Her Begusarai speech alleges a 65 lakh voter purge under SIR, rising crime, favoritism toward corporate allies.

Overview

  • She said Bihar has become a land of joblessness and migration and asked where earlier promises of jobs have gone.
  • She alleged the Special Intensive Revision deleted 65 lakh names from the rolls, calling it vote theft that could also block access to welfare schemes.
  • She claimed crime is at an all-time high, citing killings of industrialists and the recent slaying of a politician during campaigning in Mokama.
  • Bad weather grounded helicopters and upended plans, forcing her to cancel a Khagaria event and prompting Tejashwi Yadav and Amit Shah to alter or scrap meetings.
  • Chief Minister Nitish Kumar rejected talk that the government would reclaim ₹10,000 paid to women beneficiaries, calling the rumors false.