This article exists as part of the online archive for HuffPost India, which closed in 2020. Some features are no longer enabled. If you have questions or concerns about this article, please contact indiasupport@huffpost.com.

Bihar Polls: Now Rival Parties Attack Each Other Using 'Ravana' Metaphors

Bihar Polls: Now Rival Parties Attack Each Other Using 'Ravana' Metaphors
JAMMU, INDIA - OCTOBER 20: Final touches are being given by artists to the effigies of the mythical demon King Ravana for the upcoming Dussehra festival on October 20, 2015 in Jammu, India. The effigies are burnt on the occasion of Hindu festival, Dussehra, which commemorates the victory of Lord Rama over the demon King Ravana, symbolic of the victory of good over evil. (Photo by Nitin Kanotra/Hindustan Times via Getty Images)
Hindustan Times via Getty Images
JAMMU, INDIA - OCTOBER 20: Final touches are being given by artists to the effigies of the mythical demon King Ravana for the upcoming Dussehra festival on October 20, 2015 in Jammu, India. The effigies are burnt on the occasion of Hindu festival, Dussehra, which commemorates the victory of Lord Rama over the demon King Ravana, symbolic of the victory of good over evil. (Photo by Nitin Kanotra/Hindustan Times via Getty Images)

PATNA -- Bihar being in the grip of a Dussehra festival mood, leaders of rival political groups including RJD supremo Lalu Prasad Yadav today used examples of slaying of Ravana to attack each other.

Yadav set the tone by describing Prime Minister Narendra Modi as "political Ravana" whose politics would meet an end in Bihar.

"Like slaying of Ravana on Vijaydashmi day, people of Bihar would slay the political Ravana," Prasad told reporters.

He said he meant to say that communal politics would meet its death in Bihar elections.

NDA leaders reacted strongly to RJD chief's comment.

Union Agriculture Minister Radha Mohan Singh told reporters that people were ready to seal the fate of those who promoted "jungle raj" in the state.

Union Minister of State Ramkripal Yadav also came down heavily on his former boss and said "people would set on fire the Ravana enjoying patronage of Nitish Kumar and Lalu Prasad."

Former Chief Minister Jitan Ram Manjhi also came out harsh on his former mentor Nitish Kumar.

"He calls me Vibhisan of JD(U) which means he is Ravana full of false pride and ambition. I know where lies the amrit (nector) and now Prime Minister Narendra Modi only needs to fire an arrow to end the Ravana," Manjhi told reporters reacting to RJD chief's comment.

BJP ally Rashtriya Lok Samata Party (RLSP) chief Upendra Kushwaha also attacked RJD chief and accused him of speaking "anap-sanap" (irrelevant things) anticipating defeat.

Contact HuffPost India

Close
This article exists as part of the online archive for HuffPost India, which closed in 2020. Some features are no longer enabled. If you have questions or concerns about this article, please contact indiasupport@huffpost.com.