Patna, April 5
Ahead of Bihar Assembly elections, the poster war between the ruling Janata Dal-United and Opposition Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) has intensified with the rivals now exchanging punches over the Waqf Amendment Bill's passage in Parliament.
On Saturday, a poster in Hindi appeared on Patna streets questioning Lalu Prasad Yadav's alleged double standards on the Waqf issue.
The poster referred to the RJD leader’s 2010 Lok Sabha speech in which he had strongly advocated for a stricter law to check Waqf properties’ mismanagement.
Contrasting that with his current opposition to the Waqf Amendment Bill, the poster asked: “Who is the real Girgit (chameleon)?”
The term “chameleon” was earlier used by supporters of Lalu Prasad Yadav to target Chief Minister Nitish Kumar over the latter’s alleged shifting political stance.
Reacting to the poster targeting Lalu Prasad Yadav, BJP state president Dilip Jaiswal told IANS: “The public has now recognised how Lalu Yadav changes colours like a chameleon.”
Jaiswal said that in 2010 Lalu Prasad Yadav had criticised the Waqf Board for looting properties and demanded registration of cases against those misusing Waqf resources.