‘DNA of RJD is anarchist, and it has not changed’

The work done by the National Democratic Alliance government has transformed Bihar, which now has world class infrastructure and access to good health care, education and employment avenues as against the misrule of the Rashtriya Janata Dal's tenure, said BJP president JP Nadda. In an interview to Smriti Kak Ramachandran, he expressed confidence about the NDA winning 160 plus seats in Bihar. Edited excerpts:

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Nitish Kumar has been in power for two decades now, yet there are several indices where Bihar continues to lag. Why has the government not been able to address these issues?

Alotofimprovement has been made on the ground. Take the example of the Patna medical college, itnow has modern equipment with 5,500 beds. There was a time when goats were tied inside the medical wards. today Ayushmann Mandir's are functional. The indices show a lot of differences and improvement. There were no roads, there used to beno electricity for 22 hours. [have lived in Bihar. [have seen a time when 20 years ago, people would go to inverter shops to have electricity supplied to their homes, it was a business. The young had to pay money to get their mobile phones charged. Today there are roads, there is 24-hour supply of power. [Former CM and RJD leader] Lalu Prasad Yadav used to tell people, if roads are constructed then the police will come, have your toddy and be happy.

Is focussing on RJD’s Jungle Raj enough to convince people to vote for the NDA? There seems to be more emphasis on what happened during RJD's rule than what was accomplished during the NDA’s.

We have been doing both together, [Prime Minister Narendra] Modi ji speaks on the development visible in Bihar and also about Jungle Raj. Just the other day we sawa young kid ona stage who said if Tejashwi Yadav comes to power, then we will walk around with a gun in our pocket...and people were laughing. The DNA of the RJD is anarchist and of Jungle Raj and it has not changed till date. Tejashwi has not apologised for his father’s mistakes or said I will make amends.

The BJP has been emphatic in projecting the NDA as a cohesive alliance but given Kumar's tendency to switch sides, is the BJP anxious?