'TRUST WINS, LIES FALL': Modi says 'Mahila, Youth' new 'M-Y' formula in Bihar

NEW DELHI: In his victory speech on Friday evening, Prime Minister Narendra Modi directed sharp taunts at the rival Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD), including appropriating the term "M-Y" traditionally used to refer to the RJD's Muslim and Yadav vote base -and rebranding it as "Mahila (women) and youth".

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"This (Mahila and Youth) is the new "M-Y" formula in Bihar," PM Modi said, as the BJP headquarters here echoed with party workers' ecstatic chants of "phir ek baar, NDA sarkar" and "Modi, Modi".

The jab came hours after the BJP and its ally, the JD(U) of Chief Minister Nitish Kumar, recorded a sweeping win over the Mahagathbandhan, the alliance led by the RJD and Congress, in the Bihar Assembly polls.

During his speech, the PM invoked "Chhathi Maiya", said voters had "banished" the "corrupt" RJD-Congress alliance, and repeatedly brought up the "jungle raj" label.

"When I talked about jungle raj (while on the campaign trail)... the RJD did not oppose it but the Congress did. Today I say again, the corrupt government will not return. It will not return," the Prime Minister said, reprising remarks he made last week before the second phase of voting.

At that time he had said, "Jungle raj means katta, krurta (cruelty), katuta (social resentment)..." In his blistering speech, he also made a major prediction about the Congress' political future and warned its allies a reference to the Trinamool Congress in Bengal and the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam in Tamil Nadu, both of which vote next year. "Congress has no positive vision for the country," he said.

Continuing his attack, PM Modi called the Congress a "parasite party" that harms its allies during elections. He warned that its partners should think twice before joining hands with it.