'Employment is main issue. Results will be surprising and shocking for BJP'

BIHAR'S former deputy chief minister and Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) leader Tejashwi Yadav has emerged as a vibrant young face in the state as well as national politics.

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He predicts a "surprising and shocking" result of Lok Sabha elections for the BJP not only in the 40 parliamentary seats of Bihar but also across the country. "The people are determined to throw out the dictatorial government run by the BJP. Unemployment is the country's biggest issue in the election," he said in an interview with Rajesh Kumar Thakur. Excerpts:

What's your assessment of the elections?

It is now emerging from people's response that they are determined to change the dictatorial rule at the Centre. There is an old saying 'Kath ki handi baar baar nahi chadhti' (A wooden pot doesn't boil again and again). The BJP's days of 'dictatorial' politics are getting over. The first phase of polling in Bihar and elsewhere has hinted enough about the ouster of the Modi government.

The BJP and its allies say they will win all 40 seats in Bihar. Your reaction?

I have been saying all along that the results will be surprising and shocking for the BJP.

We have forged a strong bond with the people of Bihar, which cuts across caste and community lines.

The BJP-led NDA is not comfortable in any constituency as they continue to divert the people's attention from pressing issues. 'Public hai sab jan gayi hai' (people know everything).