Six-lane Ganga bridge should be named after Lalu Prasad, demands his daughter Rohini Acharya

Patna A day after Bihar Chief Minister Samrat Choudhary announced that the six-lane Kacchi Dargah-Bidupur river Ganga bridge scheduled to be inaugurated by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on November 21 will be named after ruling NDA ally Janata Dal (United) president Nitish Kumar as ‘Nitish Setu’, Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) chief Lalu Prasad’s daughter Rohini Acharya on Saturday suggested the bridge should be named after her father or be called ‘Social Justice Bridge’.

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Bihar Chief Minister Mr. Choudhary on November 13 had announced that the six-lane Kacchi Dargah-Bidupur Ganga bridge will be known as ‘Nitish Setu’ in honour of former Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar. The 9.76 km cable-styled bridge would connect Kacchi Dargah of Deedarganj area of south Patna district to Bidupur near Hajipur in adjoining Vaishali district through Raghopur diara (riverine) area.

It is scheduled to be inaugurated by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on November 21 who will also be laying foundation stones of several other key projects, including the construction of a park for which the State government has acquired 1,243 acres of land in Vaishali district. Bihar NDA leaders led by CM Samrat Choudhary review the council results Bihar NDA leaders led by CM Samrat Choudhary review the council results Sources said that in the meeting, JD(U) levelled charges against the alliance partner for failing to cooperate and also tried to sabotage their candidate.

Bihar NDA leaders led by CM Samrat Choudhary review the council results storyline 1 The State government would also be holding a big event on November 20 at Jaffarpatti Industrial area under Rajapakar block of Vaishali district, on the completion of NDA government’s one year in office in Bihar. “The Raghopur Bridge should be named either the ‘Social Justice Bridge’ or, named after Lalu ji.

It is a known fact that Lalu ji had made sustained, meaningful and grassroots efforts for all-round development of Raghopur area and to connect the region to the mainland through the bridge,” said Ms. Acharya in a post on her X handle. She said: “Now, a decision has been made to attribute the construction of the historic Raghopur bridge to ‘others’ to claim political credit which is regrettable.

The people of Raghopur want the bridge to be named either the ‘Social Justice Bridge’ or, after Lalu ji who laid the strong foundation for the decision to construct it. There is no justification for naming it (bridge) purely for political gain, and such a decision is bound to raise questions.” Earlier her younger brother Tejashwi Yadav who has been a three-time MLA from Raghopur had accused the government for taking “credit of projects started by others”.

“PM Modi is coming to inaugurate the six-lane Kacchi Dargah-Bidupur Ganga bridge but the project was initiated by Mahagathbandhan (grand alliance) government when I was the Deputy Chief minister of the State in 2015.” He also took a jibe over its proposed inauguration and lamented that his party did the work but someone else was “cutting the ribbon”. On November 9, the ruling NDA leaders from all five constituents in Bihar had met and addressed media persons at the ally JD(U) State headquarters in Patna saying that the upcoming visit of the Prime Minister in Vaishali, would prove to be a “milestone in Bihar’s industrial development”.

“Nitish Setu will emerge a as a new landmark in the State’s development journey and its modern infrastructure,” said State BJP president Sanjay Saraogi adding that “the priority of the BJP and NDA government in Bihar is to take the State toward new heights of development, connectivity and prosperity”. JD(U) national working president Sanjay Kumar Jha wrote on his social media handle X that “Naming of the six-lane bridge as ‘Nitish Setu’ is a matter of pride and honour for all of Bihar and beyond...

Nitish Setu will add a new chapter to the glorious tradition of the State”. The newly floated Jan Suraaj Party’s leader Prashant Kishor, though, said that “whatever may be the name of the bridge... Bihar needs a bridge for its development, for its people”. The other NDA leaders of the State dismissed the claims made by Ms. Acharya asserting that “there is no use of hankering over such frivolous claims for mere petty political gains and that the bridge will definitely make travel between north and south Bihar smoother and faster offering significant benefits to the people of Patna, Vaishali and the adjoining districts as well”.