Bokaro: RJD leader Tejashwi Yadav on Sunday alleged that the BJP-led government at the Centre was responsible for rising unemployment and prices of essential commodities.

He accused the BJP of spreading hatred.

“Unemployment and inflation are on the rise in the country due to wrong policies of the BJP-led government at the Centre. The BJP failed to check the price rise of essential commodities and increase employment opportunities,” Yadav said while addressing an election rally in Bokaro.

He alleged that the BJP was misusing central agencies such as Enforcement Directorate, Central Bureau of Investigation and Income Tax to topple the non-BJP governments in states.

“They sent Jharkhand Chief Minister Hemant Soren and former Bihar CM Lalu Prasad to jail and they also tried to put me behind bars. We are not going to be scared in the name of jail,” he said.

“They (BJP) are spreading hatred in the name of Hindu and Muslim in a bid to divert people’s mind from real issues,” he said.