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Lalu's horse carts to take on BJP 'raths'
Patna, July 17
RJD chief Lalu Prasad on Friday
said he will unleash 1,000 horse carts, called 'Tum-Tum', across Bihar
to take on the BJP's high-tech 'raths' ahead of assembly elections.
"I
will flag off 1,000 Tum-Tums for campaigning to reach out to the
poorest of the poor to counter the BJP raths," the former chief minister
said here.
"We don't have funding from the rich. So the RJD has
decided to use horse power to defeat the BJP's machine power," he said,
referring to the 'raths'.
"Dozens of Tum-Tums will be engaged by our party for campaigning in each constituency."
Elections to the 243-seat Bihar assembly will take place later this year.
The
Rashtriya Janata Dal leader said the horse carts were perfect for
Bihar's "dusty and rough roads. Tum-Tums will help us save money on
petrol and diesel".
BJP president Amit Shah on Thursday launched
the party's high-tech 'Parivartan Rath' campaign for the polls by
flagging off 160 GPS-fitted 'raths' here.
The 'raths' would show a
video film in Hindi depicting the 15 years of "misrule" of Bihar by
Lalu Prasad and his wife Rabri Devi.