Prime Minister Narendra Modi urges voters to keep the ‘jungle raj’ at bay and vote for NDA’s good governance
PM Narendra Modi with Bihar CM Nitish Kumar in Samastipur. Pic/PTI
“Nayee raftar se chalega Bihar, phir jab aayegi NDA sarkar' (Bihar's growth will speed up once NDA returns to power)”, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Friday as he launched his Bihar Assembly poll campaign with back-to-back rallies in Samastipur and Begusarai districts, asserting that the NDA under Chief Minister Nitish Kumar will break all previous electoral records.
The PM also called the INDIA bloc a “mahalathbandhan” (a tie-up in which people beat each other with sticks), a mocking reference to ‘Mahagathbandhan’ or grand alliance, as the opposition coalition is commonly known.
He also alleged that leaders of the RJD and the Congress, the two largest constituents of the INDIA bloc, were “most corrupt and out on bail”.
At both the rallies, the PM asked the crowds to switch on the lights of their mobile phones, and in a dig at the RJD, said, “When there is so much light all around, there is no need for the lantern.” The PM said unlike the INDIA bloc, the NDA was cohesive.
In Begusarai, Modi raked up the alleged mistreatment meted out to late Sitaram Kesri, “the pride of Bihar and a towering backward leader” from whom the post of Congress president was snatched away at the instance of “the parivaar” (Nehru-Gandhi family).
Showering praise on Nitish Kumar, who seeks a fifth consecutive term in office, Modi alleged, “He came to power in 2005, but nearly a decade of his tenure was hampered by a hostile Congress-led UPA government at the Centre, which was constantly blackmailed by the RJD that it would withdraw support if cooperation was extended to the NDA government in Bihar".
Modi asserted that Bihar will keep the 'jungle raj' at bay and vote for good governance.
The 243-member Bihar Assembly will go to polls in two phases on November 6 and 11, with counting of votes to he held on November 14 along with the results.
Nov 6
Day Bihar will vote in phase 1
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