Jairam Ramesh (L) and Amit Shah
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New Delhi: As Union Home Minister Amit Shah sets a target of winning at least 160 seats in Bihar, the Congress on Monday said he was hoping that "VC (vote chori) plus VR (vote 'revdis' or freebies)" will bring about this outcome.
Congress general secretary (Communications) Jairam Ramesh said the "politically most conscious people of Bihar will defeat these machinations" while asserting that the 'Mahagatbandhan' (grand alliance) will win the Bihar polls, and the "first place the tremor will be felt is in New Delhi".
"In education, VC stands for Vice Chancellor. In the world of start-ups, VC stands for Venture Capital. In the military, VC is Vir Chakra. But now we have a new kind of VC that is defining our politics. Vote Chori," he said.
"And the 'sutradhar' has already unveiled the target for VC in Bihar. The Union Home Minister has confidently declared that the NDA will get more than 160 seats out of 243. He is hoping that VC plus VR (Vote Revdi) will bring about this outcome," Ramesh said on X.
Ramesh's remarks came as Shah on Sunday charged Leader of the Opposition in the Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi and RJD chief Lalu Prasad of trying to "secure voting rights for infiltrators". He said in Bihar's Araria, "I promise you that each and every infiltrator will be driven out of Bihar if the NDA wins with a two-thirds majority, with a tally of 160-plus seats."