{"id":648,"date":"2025-08-09T18:14:54","date_gmt":"2025-08-09T18:14:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sochtimes.com\/2025\/08\/09\/pakau-thakau-tejashwi-yadav-targets-amit-shah-over-repetitive-speeches-in-bihar-accuses-bjp-of-practicing-politics-of-negativity-india-news\/"},"modified":"2025-08-09T18:14:54","modified_gmt":"2025-08-09T18:14:54","slug":"pakau-thakau-tejashwi-yadav-targets-amit-shah-over-repetitive-speeches-in-bihar-accuses-bjp-of-practicing-politics-of-negativity-india-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sochtimes.com\/hi\/2025\/08\/09\/pakau-thakau-tejashwi-yadav-targets-amit-shah-over-repetitive-speeches-in-bihar-accuses-bjp-of-practicing-politics-of-negativity-india-news\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;Pakau-thakau&#8217;: Tejashwi Yadav targets Amit Shah over &#8216;repetitive&#8217; speeches in Bihar; accuses BJP of practicing &#8216;politics of negativity&#8217; | India News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div data-articlebody=\"1\">\n<div class=\"_s30J clearfix\">\n<div class=\"MwN2O\">\n<div class=\"vdo_embedd\">\n<div class=\"T22zO\">\n<section class=\"D3Wk1  clearfix id-r-component leadmedia undefined undefined  VtlfQ\" style=\"top:0px\">\n<div class=\"D3Wk1\" data-ua-type=\"1\" onclick=\"stpPgtnAndPrvntDefault(event)\">\n<div class=\"zPaFh\">\n<div class=\"wJnIp\"><img src=\"https:\/\/static.toiimg.com\/thumb\/msid-123208794,imgsize-915601,width-400,resizemode-4\/123208794.jpg\" alt=\"'Pakau-thakau': Tejashwi Yadav targets Amit Shah over 'repetitive' speeches in Bihar; accuses BJP of practicing 'politics of negativity'\" title=\"Tejashwi Yadav (left) and Amit Shah (right) (Source\/Agencies) \" decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\"\/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"cj2hz img_cptn\"><span title=\"Tejashwi Yadav (left) and Amit Shah (right) (Source\/Agencies) \">Tejashwi Yadav (left) and Amit Shah (right) (Source\/Agencies) <\/span><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>NEW DELHI: <a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/topic\/rashtriya-janata-dal\" styleobj=\"[object Object]\" class=\"\" commonstate=\"[object Object]\" frmappuse=\"1\">Rashtriya Janata Dal<\/a> (RJD) leader and former Bihar deputy chief minister <a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/topic\/tejashwi-yadav\" styleobj=\"[object Object]\" class=\"\" commonstate=\"[object Object]\" frmappuse=\"1\">Tejashwi Yadav<\/a> on Saturday criticized union home minister <a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/topic\/amit-shah\" styleobj=\"[object Object]\" class=\"\" commonstate=\"[object Object]\" frmappuse=\"1\">Amit Shah<\/a>, accusing him of delivering repetitive and unproductive speeches during his visits to the state.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"8\"\/>Referring to his speech as \u201cpakau-thakau,\u201d Yadav alleged that BJP practices &#8216;politics of negativity&#8217; and avoids discussing core issues such as unemployment, inflation, education, healthcare, poverty and large-scale migration from Bihar.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"10\"\/>Speaking to reporters, Yadav said, \u201cAmit Shah speaks the same &#8216;pakau-thaku&#8217; things whenever he visits. He should speak about the development of Bihar, about ending unemployment and inflation. <!-- -->He doesn&#8217;t speak about any of these. Bihar will not benefit if they keep abusing Lalu Yadav and Tejashwi Yadav. Unless unemployment, poverty and migration end in Bihar, they do not speak about education and health facilities.<!-- --> Their is only the politics of negativity. Let them do it, this doesn&#8217;t matter.\u201d<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"15\"\/>The strong reaction came in response to Amit Shah&#8217;s recent visit to Sitamarhi on Friday where he laid the foundation stone for the redevelopment of Janki Mata Temple at Punaura Dham. Later, while addressing a public rally, Shah accused the Congress party and Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) chief <a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/topic\/lalu-prasad-yadav\" styleobj=\"[object Object]\" class=\"\" commonstate=\"[object Object]\" frmappuse=\"1\">Lalu Prasad Yadav<\/a>&#8216;s camp of opposing the government\u2019s anti-terror <a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/topic\/operation-sindoor\" styleobj=\"[object Object]\" class=\"\" commonstate=\"[object Object]\" frmappuse=\"1\">Operation Sindoor<\/a>.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"22\"\/>He also criticized them for opposing the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of the voter list in Bihar, accusing them of indulging in vote bank politics. He alleged that opposition parties oppose the SIR to protect \u201cinfiltrators\u201d in their vote bank. 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