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Prime Minister Narendra Modi connected Friday (October 24, 2025) launched his Bihar Assembly poll run with back-to-back rallies successful Samastipur and Begusarai districts, asserting that the NDA nether Chief Minister Nitish Kumar volition interruption each erstwhile electoral records.
The PM besides called the INDIA bloc a "mahalathbandhan" (a tie-up successful which radical bushed each different with sticks), a mocking notation to 'Mahagathbandhan' oregon the Grand Alliance, arsenic the Opposition conjugation is commonly known.
He besides alleged that leaders of the RJD and the Congress, the 2 largest constituents of the INDIA bloc, were "most corrupt and retired connected bail", and, contempt having been retired of powerfulness for decades, they were “arrogant capable to snub confederation partners similar JMM”, and "take for a ride" the Vikassheel Insaan Party, which did not get a favourable stock of seats but its laminitis Mukesh Sahni has been promised the Deputy CM's post.
At some the rallies, the PM asked the crowds to power connected the lights of their mobile phones, and successful a excavation astatine the RJD, said, "When determination is truthful overmuch airy each around, determination is nary request for the lantern".
The 243-member Bihar Assembly volition spell to polls successful 2 phases connected November 6 and 11, with results acceptable to beryllium announced connected November 14.
At the Samastipur rally, the PM said dissimilar the INDIA bloc, the NDA was cohesive, pointing towards JD(U) president Nitish Kumar, Union Ministers Chirag Paswan and Jitan Ram Manjhi, the chiefs of Lok Janshakti Party (Ram Vilas) and Hindustani Awam Morcha respectively, and Rajya Sabha MP Upendra Kushwaha, who heads Rashtriya Lok Morcha, each of whom were contiguous connected the stage.
In Begusarai, PM Modi raked up the alleged mistreatment meted retired to precocious Sitaram Kesri, "the pridefulness of Bihar and a towering backward leader" from whom the station of Congress president was snatched distant astatine the lawsuit of "the parivaar" (Nehru-Gandhi family).
Showering praise connected Nitish Kumar, who seeks a 5th consecutive word successful office, Modi alleged, "He came to powerfulness successful 2005, but astir a decennary of his tenure was hampered by a hostile Congress-led UPA authorities astatine the Centre, which was perpetually blackmailed by the RJD that it would retreat enactment if practice was extended to the NDA authorities successful Bihar".
The PM added, "The cardinal assistance extended to Bihar successful the past 11 years is 3 times what the authorities had received from the erstwhile government. The State has turned the corner. It is present exporting fish, a acold outcry from the days erstwhile it was babelike connected different states for its ain needs. Makhana, which is simply a celebrated nutrient of Bihar, has entree to markets acold and wide".
"Bihar is present an charismatic concern destination. I foresee a aboriginal successful which each territory volition beryllium teeming with startups of section youths", PM Modi said.
"All this would not person been imaginable had determination been 'jungle raj' successful Bihar. Don't you retrieve that a erstwhile PM had said that of each rupee spent by the government, lone 15 paise reached the people. The wealth utilized to beryllium devoured by a blood-stained manus (khooni panja)", said PM Modi, successful an evident notation to erstwhile Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi and the canvass awesome of Congress, the RJD's confederation partner.
PM Modi asserted that Bihar volition support the 'jungle raj' astatine bay and ballot for bully governance.
The PM besides urged women voters, whom helium called "worst sufferers of 'jungle raj", to "slam your doors unopen connected Congress and RJD", and retrieve that leaders of these parties had opposed the Women's Reservation Bill erstwhile it was brought successful Parliament.
"'Nayee raftar se chalega Bihar, phir jab aayegi NDA sarkar' (Bihar's maturation volition velocity up erstwhile NDA returns to power). RJD and Congress indulged successful scams, their leaders are retired connected bail, and present they are trying to bargain the 'Jannayak' rubric of Bharat Ratna Karpoori Thakur," helium added.
"Also, nether the RJD rule, a dozen-and-a-half districts of Bihar were infested with Maoist insurgency. Hundreds of radical were murdered. When I came to powerfulness successful 2014, I pledged to bring Maoism to an end. With utmost humility and satisfaction, I tin accidental that we person breached the spine of Maoism. Soon, the full state volition beryllium escaped of the menace. This is Modi's guarantee", the PM added.
PM Modi besides said, "In the past Assembly polls successful Gujarat, wherever the enactment has been successful powerfulness for 30 years, each erstwhile records were broken. Similar was the lawsuit successful Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra and Haryana. I americium assured that successful Bihar, too, nether Nitish Kumar, the NDA volition interruption each erstwhile records," helium said.
Prior to addressing the rally, the PM had visited Karpoori Gram, the colony named aft erstwhile Bihar Chief Minister Karpoori Thakur, a backward people stalwart connected whom the Bharat Ratna was conferred, posthumously successful 2024.
Modi besides thanked the radical for "turning up successful specified ample numbers, adjacent though the upcoming festival of Chhath indispensable beryllium putting a request connected your time".
He besides referred to the caller revision successful GST rates and remarked, "hope you each are enjoying the festival of savings (bachat-utsav), too".
