Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday claimed that the INDIA bloc’s CM candidate Tejashwi Yadav was trying to “hide the sins” of his father Lalu Prasad, relegating his pictures to the corner of RJD’s poll posters.

The PM made the remark at a rally in Katihar district, where he did not mention the father-son duo by their names but used the expression “jungle raj ke yuvraaj” (crown prince of lawlessness) to point towards Yadav.

“What is sin he is hiding by not having the pictures of his own father, whom you claim to be such a tall leader and was a CM for years, on RJD posters? Perhaps it is because he has become aware that the big leader carries the baggage of jungle raj,” he alleged.

The PM also alleged that while the RJD was controlled by “the most corrupt family in Bihar”, its ally Congress was run by “the most corrupt family in the country”.

In an attempt to drive a wedge between the two allies, PM Modi reiterated that the Congress agreed to name Yadav the CM candidate when the RJD “put a katta (country-made gun) on its head”, and claimed that the grand old party was trying its best to ensure that its ally was drubbed in the assembly polls.

“Congress leaders are distancing themselves from promises made in the joint manifesto, saying the RJD should offer an explanation. They have been inviting CMs of Telangana and Tamil Nadu, known for deriding Biharis, to the state with the hope that it will lead to a resentment against their ally as well, causing it to lose the elections,” he alleged.