Bihar election 2025: ‘Nitish Kumar’s govt transformed jungle raj to sushasan,’ PM Modi lauds CM during Saharsa rally

Prime Minister Narendra Modi addresses a rally ahead of Bihar Assembly Elections, in Saharsa. Pic/PTI

With just three days to go for the Bihar Election 2025, Prime Minister (PM) Narendra Modi on Monday launched a fierce attack on the Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) and Congress. While slamming the Opposition during a rally in Saharsa, PM Modi accused them of 'glorifying the era of jungle raj', which was marked by violence, corruption, and fear. During the election rally, he also asserted that the NDA government will restore good governance in Bihar, news agency ANI reported.

PM Modi, while addressing the large public gathering, said that the RJD-Congress's "dictionary" defined corruption and misrule.

"In the dictionary of RJD and Congress. What words, what emotions are there? The dictionary of RJD and Congress is filled with words like 'katta', cruelty, bitterness, bad manners, bad governance, and corruption. This is all they learnt in the school of Jungle Raj," PM Modi asserted.

Recalling the lawlessness of the past, Modi further reminded the crowd the dangers faced even by law enforcers.

Slamming the opposition's ‘jungle raj' PM Modi said, "Your parents witnessed a time when even our protectors were not safe. The lives of the police themselves were in danger. Let me remind you of an incident right here in Saharsa. Our brave DSP of Saharsa, Satyapal Singh, was taking action against the Jungle Raj people."

"This did not go down well with the RJD bosses in Patna, the Jungle Raj supporters... In Jungle Raj, everyone's life was in danger. Every officer, every contractor, every businessman lived in fear. As a result, development stalled here. Nitish Kumar's government has ended Jungle Raj and transformed Bihar into a state of good governance," PM Modi further added.

During the campaign, he also accused the opposition of prioritising infiltrators over Bihar's citizens, ANI reported.

"Be it Congress or RJD, they are only attached to infiltrators. These people undertake political tours to protect infiltrators. Tell me, will you decide Bihar's future, or will the infiltrators decide? ... These infiltrators are occupying your property, staking their claim on your resources ... Bihar needs to be protected from infiltrators... We are working to remove these infiltrators," he further emphasised.

In a pointed rebuttal to Congress's promises, PM Modi also mocked their pledge to build a Nalanda-like university in Bihar, ANI reported.

The polling for the Bihar Election 2025 will take place on November 6 and 11 and the result will be declared on November 14.

(With inputs from ANI)