Patna: In an escalation of war of words between the former NDA allies over serial blasts at the rally of Narendra Modi in Patna, JD(U) on Wednesday questioned the "close relationship" between BJP rallies, yatras and bomb blasts.
"Why there is a close relationship between BJP rallies, yatras and bomb blasts," Bihar JD(U) spokesman Neeraj Kumar said in a statement.
People say BJP opened its account in Karnataka when there were explosions in their election meetings, he said in a cascading remark on the former ally which was also firing salvos at Chief Minister Nitish Kumar over the serial blasts during Modi's October 27 rally.
"In the explosions outside BJP office in Bengaluru before the last general elections, SIM card used in the blasts were of a prominent leader of the RSS. Likewise, BJP's jan chetna yatra, which otherwise was a flop show, hogged the limelight when a pipe bomb was found in Madurai," he alleged.
"The BJP owes an answer as to how six dreaded terrorists managed to escape from high security Khandwa jail in Madhya Pradesh, who also stabbed two state police personnel near the house of a minister while fleeing," Kumar said.
The JD(U) spokesman said "BJP was adept in using terrorism as a political weapon, but should answer to the country about the attacks on Parliament, Akshardham temple and Samjhauta Express during its tenure."
Meanwhile, reacting to the state BJP's move to invite Narendra Modi to contest the general elections from Bihar, senior JD(U) minister Shyam Rajak said, "It seems the Bihar BJP leaders have lost their ground and that is why inviting a man with communal taint to fight elections."
"The BJP, which claims to uphold culture and tradition of the country is doing everything under a tainted leader to tarnish the nation's rich tradition," he said in a statement. He said people of Bihar would force him (Modi) to "lick the dust" if he makes the mistake of contesting from Bihar.
Rajak criticised the BJP for accusing the state government on security arrangements at the October 27 'Hunkar rally'. "Had the Bihar Police not have been alert, the prime suspect of the terror plot (Ainul alias Tarique) would not have been nabbed and the entire plot unravelled," he said. Rajak said efficiency of a state could not be judged by one or two terror incidents.
