Bihar Polls: Nitish, Lalu Responsible For Bihar’s Poor Development: PM Modi | News World India

PM Modi will address four ‘ strategic’rallies on Sunday to boost BJP’s bid in the upcoming Bihar Elections.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday made a scathing attack on RJD chief Lalu Prasad on his home turf, calling him a “tantrik” (occultist) and his party “Rashtriya Jadu Tona Party” as he reached out to the youth and weaker sections, promising a six-point programme for the state’s development.

Amid indications that the caste and reservation debate dominating the polls scenario here could be detrimental to NDA’s prospects, the Prime Minister raised the development pitch promising “bijli- paani-sadak” (electricity, road and water) and “kamai, padhai, and dawai” (earning, education and medicines) for each family in the state.

Blaming “Bade bhaai (Lalu) and Chhote Bhaai (Nitish Kumar) for problems plaguing the state, Modi insisted that the only plank NDA has is of “development”.

Hitting back at the grand alliance’s “Bihari versus Bahari (Bihari versus outsider)” barb to attack BJP, which is fighting the polls under the leadership of Modi and Amit Shah, the Prime Minister took up the issues of migration and unemployment among youths.

In remarks laced with sarcasm, he said that he wants to ask from the “very respectable democrat (param adarniya loktantrik) Nitish ji and the “biggest occult practitioner (tantrik) Lalu ji that who made the Bihar youths outsiders by forcing them out of the state in search of livelihood.

“People of Bihar want to know who made the youths of Bihar outsiders (Bahari). Who pushed my youths of Bihar outside. They destroyed two generations of youths in Bihar in last 25 years,” Modi said amid renewed attempts by the BJP to consolidate youth voters in Bihar, which it expects will vote beyond the caste and community lines.

Ridiculing Lalu’s election meeting barbs at him, Modi said, “Laluji you are free to sacrifice black or white pigeon or blow smoke or soil. If you have to do this rename your party Rashtriya Janta Dal as Rashtriya Jadu Tona Party (party of occult practices) and being the head of the party, you will be the biggest ‘tantrik’ in the world.”

PM Modi addressed his second rally at Nalanda:

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Following opposition’s claims that BJP have scaled back their rallies due to “perceived losses in the first two phases”, PM Modi is determined to ramp up his presence.

Bihar is all set for change. Phenomenal enthusiasm for NDA. Will address rallies in Marhaura, Hajipur, Nalanda and Sona.

— Narendra Modi (@narendramodi) October 25, 2015

On Saturday, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley in an address to the media said that the party will leave no stones unturned. The Grand Alliance of Nitish Kumar and Lalu Prasad has mocked the NDA for “over-dependence” on Modi.

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The BJP is also banking on a 2014 video, purportedly showing Nitish’s encounter with a “tantrik”, to inflict some “damage” on the alliance because the “tantrik” had also denounced Lalu in the alleged meeting.

The video was released by Union minister and Bihar MP Giriraj Singh, under flak in the party for his out-of-step pronouncements and an “over-emphasis” on the upper caste Bhumihar element.

The ‘Modi blitzkrieg’ will see him address rallies at Marhaura, Hajipur, Nalanda and Patna all of which are considered ‘strategic’.

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Marhaura falls under the Saran parliamentary constituency from where RJD chief Lalu Prasad Yadav’s wife, Rabri Devi lost to BJP’s Rajiv Pratap in the 2014 General Elections. Just like his previous rallies, Modi will be keen to take a swipe at Lalu Prasad for failure to deliver on his promises such as a locomotive factory in the area during Lalu’s tenure as the Railway Minister.

Hajipur is BJP ally Ram Vilas Paswan’s traditional turf, Nalanda is Nitish Kumar terrain, while in Patna, Modi will not speak in the city’s Gandhi Maidan but in rural Sona in Naubatpur block.

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On October 26, Modi will be in Siwan and Buxar; at Bettiah, Motihari and Sitamarhi on October 27 and in Madhepura and Madhubani on November 1. He will wind up his campaign with three meetings on November 2 at Purnea, Darbhanga and Forbesganj.

(With PTI Inputs)