"Their pride won't last any longer," Chirag Paswan hits out at Rahul Gandhi's remarks

He also welcomed the suggestions of the opposition and urged RJD's leader Tejaswhi Yadav to act as opposition in a positive and effective manner.

Speaking with ANI, on questions of his visit to the Rapauli assembly constituency, Union Minister Chirag Paswan said, "The way Lok Sabha elections were conducted in Rapauli, there are similar sentiments in the by-elections and without any doubt, the NDA candidate is going to win the elections with a resounding majority. During the elections, the opposition tried a lot to spread misinformation by saying that the constitution would get dissolved or amended and somehow they succeeded in their narrative in some states, but Bihar rejected their narrative. As, now, Bihar has received a double-engine government, this time also, the public of Rapauli has decided to be in the mainstream by choosing a candidate who will do the developmental works in a more intensified way."

On Rahul Gandhi's remarks on defeating BJP in Gujarat, Paswan asserted, "First up of all, Rahul Gandhi should learn its Faizabad Lok Sabha, not Ayodhya. Ayodhya is Vidhan Sabha constituency and is part of it. In such cases, if they think Ayodhya's win is big for them, then we are also analysing our mistakes and working towards it. They couldn't even have crossed the mark of 100+ seats in Lok Sabha and are claiming big things, I think their pride won't stay for longer. In upcoming days, there are elections in various states, the results will show how strong NDA is."

Responding to the RJD leader Tejashwi Yadav's allegations of lack of freedom of speech when it comes to crime in the NDA regime, "There is not any crime. If the opposition will play its role positively and will be laid its suggestions, then we will accept it. Nothing will change by making allegations and backfiring it. They were also in government for a long time, but we never did it. We just expect them to play a positive and effective role as "opposition" in Parliament."

Earlier, on Saturday, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi has said that Congress and its allies in INDIA bloc will defeat BJP in Gujarat assembly polls like they had defeated it in Ayodhya in the Lok Sabha polls.

Addressing party workers in Ahmedabad, Rahul Gandhi, who is Leader of Opposition in Lok Sabha, referred to BJP losing in Lok Sabha constituency that includes Ayodhya, and claimed that INDIA alliance had defeated the movement started by former BJP chief LK Advani.

Advani had carried out rath yatra in 1990 to mobilise support for the movement to construct a grand Ram temple in Ayodhya. BJP has said that the yatra also sought to raise questions over prevailing debate concerning "secularism" and "communalism" and for rejecting "cult of minorityism".

The BJP lost the Faizabad Lok Sabha constituency, which includes Ayodhya, in the recently-concluded Lok Sabha polls.

"Together we are going to defeat them in Gujarat. We will defeat Narendra Modi and BJP in Gujarat just like we defeated them in Ayodhya," Rahul Gandhi said. (ANI)