'Jungle Raj' taking place at spot: BJP on clash during India bloc's rally in Ranchi

NEW DELHI: Bharatiya Janata Party ( BJP ) on Sunday took a dig at the opposition INDIA bloc over the clash that occurred during its Ranchi rally in Jharkhand, calling it a display of ' Jungle Raj ' (anarchism).

The ruling party said the confrontation at the opposition's rally reflected the lack of a common mission and vision for the country.

BJP was reacting to the reported clash between RJD and the Congress workers in the midst of the INDIA bloc's rally over the candidature of KN Tripathi from Chatra.

The Congress has named Tripathi as its candidate from the Lok Sabha seat under the seat-sharing agreement with the RJD.

In a video message, BJP national spokesperson Shehzad Poonawalla also asked people to be 'very careful' in making their choice of the candidates when they vote in the Lok Sabha polls.

"What kind of alliance is this? In the joint public rally of the INDI alliance in Ranchi, chairs, tables, stools and lathis were thrown at each other by their karyakartas (party workers). Today they are breaking each others' heads, imagine what will they break if by mistake they come to power," BJP national spokesperson Shehzad Poonawalla said in a video message.

"This Jungle Raj is taking place right at the rally spot itself," he said.

Poonawala described the opposition bloc as a grouping of parties which promotes "Jungle Raj and corruption" and alleged that they have come together only to "salvage their own family dynasty and politics of corruption".

The workers of the INDIA bloc parties clashed with each other at their joint rally because they have no common mission and vision for the country, he added.

"They (INDIA bloc) only have confusion, division, ambitions, family run professions and frustration. Because of this you can see politics of violence taking place in their rally itself," the BJP leader alleged.

"These are the parties of Jungle Raj and corruption. Therefore, people should be very careful and wary of what they are going to offer this country," he said, adding "They have come together to save their corruption".

The iconic Prabhat Tara ground in Ranchi's Dhurwa was decked up to host the opposition's 'Ulgulan Rally', which was the second on the trot by the INDIA block alliance after a mega show in Delhi a few weeks ago in the wake of the arrest of Delhi CM and AAP chief Arvind Kejriwal in the liquor scam case by the Enforcement Directorate.

Ex-CM and JMM’s working president Hemant Soren too is currently behind the bars post his arrest by the ED in land scam cases earlier in January, prompting the incumbent alliance govt to allege political witch-hunting by BJP through the use of central agencies to destablise the non-BJP states.

The rally comes as the country approaches the remaining six phases of the Lok Sabha polls. The first phase of polling concluded on April 19. The four-phased election in Jharkhand, however, will begin from May 13.

(With ANI inputs)