Patna,(BiharTimes): The Rashtriya Janata Dal chief Lalu Prasad Yadav on Sunday met the victims of communal riots of Muzaffarnagar in Uttar Pradesh and appealed to the people to live peacefully.
He attacked the BJP’s prime ministerial candidate, Narendra Modi and held his lieutenant, Amit Shah, responsible for the violence.
He said people cutting across caste and community lines usede to live peacefully here and they should maintain this tradition.However, he also held the administration responsible for its failure in checking the riots and responding in time.
Earlier, while talking to the media in New Delhi before leaving for Muzaffarnagar Lalu praised the Congress vice president, Rahul Gandhi. He said that it is only the media, which has rather unnecessarily raised the stature of Narendra Modi. Rahul Gandhi Rahul Gandhi hai. (Rahul Gandhi is Rahul Gandhi). He stands nowhere before Rahul Gandhi, he added.
Meanwhile, the leader of opposition in the state Assembly, Nand Kishore Yadav, said that RJD has dug its own grave by joining hands with the Congress at the time when the people want to get rid of this party.