JD(U) president Sharad Yadav said here that the performance of his party after victory in Bihar assembly elections indicated that "now the people are fed up in a short time with BJP and they have identified JD(U) as a big alternative."
He said people want peace and communal harmony. "But on the other hand BJP and such like-minded organisations cannot desist from speaking language of hatered...It will hinder development and scare away investors," he said in a statement.
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