Bihar elections results will be announced on November 10Bihar Election 2020 Live Updates: Jitan Ram Manjhi’s Hindustani Awam Morcha (HAM) on Monday wrote to Prime Minister Narendra Modi demanding an investigation into the death of Union Minister and Lok Janshakti Party (LJP) patron Ram Vilas Paswan. In the letter, HAM raised several questions and pointed at his son Chirag Paswan’s role. “There are several doubts that bring his son Chirag Paswan in question,” reads the letter. Chirag Paswan slammed Manjhi saying he should be “ashamed” and that “everyone is playing politics.” “The way Manjhi Ji is talking about my father now, why didn’t he show so much concern about him when he was hospitalised? Everyone is playing politics over a dead person now, why no one bothered to visit him when he was alive?” he asked
In other news, BJP president JP Nadda on Monday made light of Tejashwi Yadav’s poll promise of providing 10 lakh government jobs, telling him that “25-30 lakh” people migrated out of Bihar during previous RJD governments and he should first answer that. Addressing a poll rally at Sitamarhi, the former Union minister also said he keeps reminding people about the alleged misgovernance during the RJDs 15 years rule as the time might have changed but the party’s “nature” has not changed. Tejashwi has run his campaign around his promise that he will sign 10 lakh government jobs in his very first Cabinet meeting if his party comes to power.
Campaigning for the second phase of Bihar assembly elections ended on Sunday evening, setting the stage for polling on Tuesday in 94 constituencies spread across 17 districts. The last day of campaigning witnessed hectic canvassing with Prime Minister Narendra Modi addressing four back-to-back rallies in support of NDA candidates, and RJD leader Tejashwi Yadav, who is also in the fray in this phase, crisscrossing over a dozen venues.
BJP chief JP Nadda (right) at a roadshow in Hajipur. (Source: Twitter/JP Nadda)
The Centre has taken strong exception to Pakistans plan for granting provincial status to Gilgit-Baltistan, an area it is in "illegal occupation" of, and made it clear that the entire PoK belonged to India, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh said on Monday. Addressing election rallies in Bihar, Singh also slammed the Congress for having raised "doubts" in Prime Minister Narendra Modi's abilities in the aftermath of the Pulwama terror attack and questioned the party's "silence" in the wake of a Pakistani minister's admission that his country was responsible for the February 2019 offensive. PTI
RJD leader Tejashwi Yadav Monday said he will implement his poll promise of giving 10 lakh jobs even if that means withholding the salaries of the chief minister, ministers and MLAs.
Speaking at on online event of his party, he questioned Chief Minister Nitish Kumar's assertion that he has provided six lakh jobs during his 15-year rule, compared with RJD's 95,000. "He (Nitish Kumar) keeps repeating he has given six lakh jobs during his 15-year rule. But he never says all these were contractual jobs, not permanent ones," Tejashwi told the 'Naukri Samwad' programme.
Chief Minister Kumar and his deputy Sushil Kumar Modi have often questioned as to where the money forRJD's promised 10 lakh jobs will come from. Kumar had also said Monday that giving 10 lakh jobs would result in an additional annual burden of Rs 1.44 lakh crore on the state exchequer. Tejashwi said he would get Rs 80,000 crore that remains "unused" from that state budget and would also pool in Rs 24,000-25,000 crore that the state gets from the Centre under the Right to Education but returns it. "Still if they (Nitish Kumar and Sushil Modi) feel that we will need more money, we will withhold the salaries of the chief minister, ministers and MLAs," the Mahagathbandhans chief ministerial candidate asserted. PTI
From the math behind the jobs promise to what Bihar's farmers have to say, catch our daily updates
Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Congress leader Rahul Gandhi will take yet another trip to the poll-bound Bihar on Tuesday to garner support for their respective alliances. Modi will address two rallies- at Forbesganj in Araria district and Saharsa. Former Congress president Rahul Gandhi will also be in Bihar on November 3 to address election meetings in Katihar and Kishanganj.
All the districts where Modi and Gandhi will be visiting Tuesday will go to vote in the last phase on November 7. This will be the fourth and the last campaign trip of Modi in the ongoing Bihar elections. Gandhi is slated to pay a visit to Bihar again on November 4 to address rallies at Bihariganj in Madhepura district and Araria, party sources said Monday.
Bhagalpur has been known for long as a BJP stronghold, which even RJD supremo Lalu Prasad could not decimate during the peak of his political powers in the 90s, but as the silk city of Bihar goes to polls on Tuesday it has come to symbolise the risk the ruling NDA faces from its former constituent Lok Janshakti Party in these assembly elections. This is among the few seats where the Chirag Paswan-headed party has fielded a candidate against the BJP while going out all guns blazing against Chief Minister Nitish Kumar-headed JD(U) across the state.
The LJP's clever ploy of backing influential local politicians, mostly upper castes, with its traditional support base of a section of Dalits to make a space for itself in the state's crowded political arena has upset the traditional calculations in this constituency, members of different political parties say. It has given a ticket to former BJP politician Rajesh Verma, a young and resourceful leader coming from the Marwari community, and his potential draw among the trading castes, who are in large numbers here, is keeping the saffron alliance on edge.
The BJP had been winning the seat since 1990 till the election of Union minister Ashwini Kumar Choubey, who was chosen MLA for four times in a row from here, to Lok Sabha in 2014, and the party's separation with the JD(U) gave the opposition an opening. (PTI)
BJP president JP Nadda on Monday made light of Tejashwi Yadav's poll promise of providing 10 lakh government jobs, telling him that '25-30 lakh' people migrated out of Bihar during previous RJD governments and he should first answer that.
Addressing a poll rally at Sitamarhi, the former Union minister also said he keeps reminding people about the alleged misgovernance during the RJDs 15 years rule as the time might have changed but the partys 'nature' has not changed. Tejashwi has run his campaign around his promise that he will sign 10 lakh government jobs in his very first Cabinet meeting if his party comes to power.
'These days our Tejashwi babu keeps saying will give 10 lakh jobs,' said Nadda, and then escalated his attack, 'You have forced 25-25 lakh people to migrate out of Bihar. Who will answer that?'
Lok Janshakti Party chief Chirag Paswan on Monday said that in Bihar, not a single person can say that the alcohol prohibition law is in force. 'All the media mates from Delhi are ridiculing all prohibition. The LJP is in favour of complete prohibition but it is not right to sell alcohol through smugglers in the name of prohibition. The next government will also investigate this,' he added.
Over 1,200 candidates in the Bihar polls have declared criminal cases against themselves, with 115 of them accused in cases related to crimes against women and 73 candidates facing cases related to murder, according to a report by poll rights group Association for Democratic Reforms (ADR). Out of the 3,722 Bihar assembly election candidates analysed, 1,201 (32 per cent) candidates have declared criminal cases against themselves, the report said. In the 2015 Bihar assembly elections, out of 3,450 candidates analysed, 1,038 (30 per cent) had declared criminal cases against themselves, it added.
The report further said 915 (25 per cent) candidates have declared serious criminal cases while in the previous Bihar assembly polls in 2015, 796 (23 per cent) candidates had declared serious criminal cases against themselves. Serious criminal cases are non-bailable offences attracting over five years of imprisonment, the report said About 115 candidates have declared cases related to crimes against women, of which 12 have declared cases related to rape (IPC Section- 376). (PTI)
"(At Tejashwi’s rallies) It’s not a crowd. It is committed voters of one particular style, who have been with them for 20 years. Same people, same supporters... People know if they come again, same things are going to happen,” Nadda said.
Nadda added, "Nitish is being compared with Nitish. And Nitish is a personality who believes in tough talk… and also good governance. There is no expectation from Tejashwi. People know that throughout corona, Tejashwi was in Delhi." Read full interview here
Out of 1,195 candidates contesting in phase-3 of the Bihar assembly elections later this week, 31 per cent have declared criminal cases against themselves, according to a report by poll rights group Association for Democratic Reforms (ADR). About 282 or 24 per cent have declared serious criminal cases against themselves. Serious criminal cases are non-bailable offences attracting over five years of imprisonment, the report said.
As many as 361 or 30 per cent of these candidates have stated their financial assets to be worth crores of rupees, the report said.
Out of 1,195 candidates analyzed, 371 or 31 per cent have declared criminal cases against themselves, it said. According to the report, 32 (73 per cent) out of 44 candidates analysed from the RJD have declared criminal cases against themselves and 22 (50 per cent) of them have declared serious criminal cases against themselves in their affidavits.
About 26 (76 per cent) out of 34 candidates analysed from the BJP have declared criminal cases against themselves and 22 (65 per cent) have declared serious criminal cases against themselves in their affidavits, the report said. (PTI)
The stage is set for the second and, arguably, the most crucial of the three phases of Bihar assembly elections in which over 2.85 crore voters are eligible to decide the fate of nearly 1,500 candidates on Tuesday. Voting will take place on November 3 in 94 assembly segments, more than a third of the 243-strong assembly spread across 17 districts, all of which but three -- Patna, Bhagalpur and Nalanda -- are situated north of the Ganges.
Notable among the candidates is the RJD's Tejashwi Yadav, the opposition Grand Alliance's Chief Ministerial candidate, who has been aggressively trying to cash in on the anti-incumbency factor against the Nitish Kumar government.
The 31-year-old is seeking re-election from Raghopur in Vaishali district which he had wrested back for his party from the BJP's Satish Kumar in 2015. The BJP leader had defeated Yadav's mother Rabri Devi, a former chief minister, in 2010. The BJP has retained its trust in Satish Kumar, hoping that the giant killer will be able to do a repeat of 2010 when, like this time, JD(U) president and Chief Minister Nitish Kumar was with the NDA.
Tejashwi's elder brother Tej Pratap Yadav is trying his luck from Hasanpur in Samastipur district, shifting his base from Mahua in Vaishali. (PTI)
Senior RJD strategists say there is a common theme to the Tejashwi rallies, re-inforcing the RJD’s “thaka (tired)” description for CM Nitish Kumar. “The running to the stage, the youthful energy are in sharp contrast to the conventional Nitish Kumar or BJP rally. The idea is to show Tejashwi as a young man with energy,” says an RJD leader.
Read more from Dipankar Ghose's report on Tejashwi's campaigning trail
Despite attempts by the Nitish Kumar-led NDA alliance to rake up poor law and order during the 15-year regime of Lalu Prasad, the RJD-led Mahagathbandhan has so far managed to keep its campaign focused on development politics and Tejashwi Yadav’s promise of 10 lakh jobs for the state’s youth. However, the Danapur contest — where sitting BJP MLA Asha Devi Sinha is taking on the RJD’s Ritlal Yadav, one of the men accused of murdering her husband Satyanarayan Sinha in 2003 — threatens to muddle that script.
Ritlal, who faces 33 cases of murder, attempt to murder, extortion, and is also charged under provisions of the Arms Act, was jailed in 2010 in a murder case. He has been acquitted in eight of these cases, and is out on bail.
In her campaign this time, Sinha is reminding people of her husband’s murder and asking them to vote for ‘peace’. “I am only telling people about aman-chain (peace, law and order) . While the constituency has issues such as water-logging, the main concern is to keep a politician like Ritlal at bay. In this election, I am contesting against my husband’s alleged killer,” Sinha said at a meeting in Danapur on October 31.
UP CM Yogi Adityanath addresses a public rally in Balmiki Nagar, West Champaran. “Be it Congress or RJD, they only know how to cheat people. They’ve been dividing the society on the basis of caste, region & religion. Don’t expect them ever to unite people,’ he said. "Those who looted jobs of youth for the benefit of their family, how're they even promising jobs now, from where they'll bring the jobs? When they were in power, let alone provide food to the poor, they even digested fodder of animals, who can't say a word," he said.
The Grand Alliance’s CM candidate has promised 10 lakh government jobs in the “very first Cabinet with my very first signature” After raising questions regarding Tejashwi’s promise, the BJP somewhat diluted the charge by vowing in its manifesto to create 19 lakh jobs. As the BJP put it, its promise was not about “giving jobs” but “creating them”. Several figures are being thrown about as the Bihar polls come to hang on the lack, and promise, of jobs. Here are some of them.
Chirag Paswan slammed Manjhi saying he should be “ashamed” and that “everyone is playing politics.” “Those who're talking such things about a son should be ashamed of themselves. I've told Manjhi Ji about my father's serious condition over phone, yet he never came to see my ailing father. The way Manjhi Ji is talking about my father now, why didn’t he show so much concern about him when he was hospitalised? Everyone is playing politics over a dead person now, why no one bothered to visit him when he was alive?” he asked
Jitan Ram Manjhi’s Hindustani Awam Morcha (HAM) on Monday wrote to Prime Minister Narendra Modi demanding an investigation into the death of Union Minister and Lok Janshakti Party (LJP) patron Ram Vilas Paswan. In the letter, HAM raised several questions and pointed at his son Chirag Paswan’s role. “There are several doubts that bring his son Chirag Paswan in question,” reads the letter.
In 2006, Nitish Kumar’s government showed the way by repealing Bihar’s Agricultural Produce Market Committee (APMC) Act and allowing crops to be freely traded outside the state’s regulated mandis. But 14 years on – when the Narendra Modi government at the Centre has enacted a law dismantling the monopoly of APMC mandis all over India and Nitish Kumar is seeking a fourth full term as chief minister – farmers in Bihar aren’t impressed. “Hamein yahan sarkari mandi aur MSP par khareed dono chahiye (We want both APMC and MSP-based procurement here),” says Bhubaneswar Yadav, who farms 10 acres at Tulsitol village in Balia block of Begusarai district. Click here to read more.
RJD leader Tejashwi Yadav's line-up for the day. The 31-year-old is seeking re-election from Raghopur in Vaishali district which he had wrested back for his party from the BJP's Satish Kumar in 2015. The BJP leader had defeated Yadav's mother Rabri Devi, a former chief minister, in 2010.
"Everyone knows about the condition of Bihar during the regime of Lalu Prasad Yadav. People will vote for the good work I did during my regime. It doesn't matter whether we get more seats or BJP does. We approximately have equal seats. Both the parties have decided to work together," Chief Minister Nitish Kumar said.
Upping the ante against Chief Minister Nitish Kumar who recently took a jibe at his educational qualifications, RJD leader Tejashwi Yadav tweeted: “If they are making personal attacks while avoiding issues of unemployment among others, then what can I say? If there is a shortcoming, they should criticize the leadership skills, policy decisions and ideology and not make personal attacks. Sixty percent of the Bihar population comprise of the youth, they want youth vote but not a youth leader.”
Continuing his attack against Nitish Kumar, LJP leader Chirag Paswan targeted him for Munger violence. "CM has been wearing 'Sushasan' babu tag for the last 15 years. But now, his loot is being exposed. He never spoke about Munger & doesn’t speak a word on corruption. He is known as Paltiram as he was against Lalu & then formed govt with them in 2015. What can be a bigger crime than your own cops firing on innocent people & shooting Durga bhakts. Nitish Kumar govt has become a form of Mahisasur. Everyone knows that crowd swells up during Durga Puja, so will you shoot at people to control crowd?" he was quoted as saying by news agency ANI
Chief Minister Nitish Kumar to continue JD(U)'s campaign in two districts today
Targeting Chief Minister Nitish Kumar, RJD leader Tejashwi Yadav said that the CM's farewell is "guaranteed."
A day after Prime Minister Narendra Modi's 'double yuvraj' jibe at the opposition, Congress leader P Chidambaram asked why the PM chose to speak about issues like Ram temple, scrapping of Article 370. "If you were a voter in Bihar what do they tell you about unemployment, jobs, new industries, MSP for food grains, crop insurance, flood relief, women’s safety etc. The answer is ZILCH — nothing. You are being asked to vote for NDA on a message that contains NOTHING."
Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Sunday said providing 10 lakh jobs, RJD leader Tejashwi Yadav's main poll promise, would cost the exchequer Rs 1.44 lakh crore annually, and wondered if his rival would shelve other developments works or delay salaries to implement his pledge. Addressing constituents in five assembly segments through a virtual rally called 'Nishchay Samwad', Kumar also said his government has changed the state's industrial policy and that "we will be able to invite several industries".
Tejashwi has promised he would sanction 10 lakh government jobs in his very first cabinet meeting if the 'Mahagathbandhan' is voted to power. "That is impossible, they won't get the chance to govern," Kumar said. "But for what he (Tejashwi) has said, it will cost the state exchequer Rs 1.44 lakh crore annually... Should they shelve all other development work?" He said earlier nobody used to get salaries in time and recalled that several teachers and university professors had told the CM during his Vikas Yatra in 2005 that they did not get salaries in time. PTI
Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar Sunday addressed five Assembly segments digitally, he said on Twitter. Nitish said owing to Covid-19, it was impossible to be physically present every time.
Even as the Nitish Kumar-led NDA alliance tries to rake up poor law and order during Lalu Prasad’s regime, the RJD-led Mahagathbandhan has so far managed to keep its campaign focussed on development politics and Tejashwi Yadav’s promise of 10 lakh jobs for the state’s youth. However, in the Danapur contest — where sitting BJP MLA Asha Devi Sinha is taking on the RJD’s Ritlal Yadav, one of the men accused of allegedly murdering her husband Satynarayan Sinha in 2003 — the RJD is finding it hard to justify its choice of candidate. Read more
From PM Modi and Rajnath Singh's seemingly differing views on personal attacks to a lowdown on the seats going to polls on November 3, your daily update on Bihar elections.
The Congress alleged on Sunday that people of Bihar were made to drink contaminated water in Nitish Kumar's regime, and the cities and towns in the state turned into garbage dumps. Congress national general secretary Randeep Singh Surjewala said not only the water has turned impure but also there is corruption in government schemes related to it. Besides, people are forced to live in cities filled with garbage, he claimed.
To drive home his point, Surjewala adressed the press conference on the road in front of Patna GPO, located in the heart of the city. "Right behind me is the land where a beautiful complex was to be built but it is now being used to dump garbage. If this is the situation of the state capital, we can imagine the deplorable condition of other towns and cities of the state," he told PTI.
In 2006, Nitish Kumar’s government showed the way by repealing Bihar’s Agricultural Produce Market Committee (APMC) Act and allowing crops to be freely traded outside the state’s regulated mandis.
But 14 years on – when the Narendra Modi government at the Centre has enacted a law dismantling the monopoly of APMC mandis all over India and Nitish Kumar is seeking a fourth full term as chief minister – farmers in Bihar aren’t impressed.
“Hamein yahan sarkari mandi aur MSP par khareed dono chahiye (We want both APMC and MSP-based procurement here),” says Bhubaneswar Yadav, who farms 10 acres at Tulsitol village in Balia block of Begusarai district.
Yadav sells his entire maize and wheat to Sunil Sah, a local village-level vyapari or produce aggregator. “We had an APMC at Begusarai, which is now shut. Even MSP procurement of wheat at the PACS (primary agricultural credit society) here has stopped after 2015-16,” he points out.
Official data corroborates this: Out of the 389.92 lakh tonnes (lt) wheat that government agencies purchased from last year’s crop this April-June, Bihar’s contribution was a paltry 5,000 tonnes – as against Madhya Pradesh’s 129.42 lt, Punjab’s 127.14 lt, Haryana’s 74 lt, Uttar Pradesh’s 35.77 lt and Rajasthan 22.25 lt.
RJD chief Lalu Prasad slammed Prime Minister Narendra Modi over his "NDA's double-engine government" remark at a rally in the poll-bound state today. "This is not a double engine, this is a trouble engine," Lalu said in a tweet. "Where was this double engine when it was time to bring back workers caught in the lockdown?"
RJD's Tejashwi Yadav responded to PM Modi's remark on the "double-engine government" - the ruling JDU-BJP coalition in the state. Tejashwi Yadav also hit out saying: "Respected PM did not tell why is the unemployment rate at 46.6 per cent in Bihar despite the double engine government. What's the reason of migration in the state. According to NCRB data, Bihar still leads in (the) crime rate. As per NITI Aayog, the state still lags behind as far as health and education is concerned."
Campaigning for the second phase of Bihar assembly elections ended on Sunday evening, setting the stage for polling on Tuesday in 94 constituencies spread across 17 districts. The last day of campaigning witnessed hectic canvassing with Prime Minister Narendra Modi addressing four back-to-back rallies in support of NDA candidates, and RJD leader Tejashwi Yadav, who is also in the fray in this phase, criss-crossing over a dozen venues.
According to the Election Commission, more than 2.85 crore voters will decide the electoral fate of 1,463 candidates -- 1316 male, 146 female and one transgender. Of the total 2,85,50,285 voters 1,50,33,034 are male, 1,35,16,271 female and 980 transgender, as per the poll panel data. The Election Commission said it has set up a total of 41,362 booths at 18,823 polling stations. Maharajganjthe constituency has the maximum of 27 candidates in this phase, while the minimum four are from Darauli constituency (SC).
The 94 constituencies which are going to poll on November 3 are in 17 districts: West Champaran, East Champaran, Sheohar, Sitamarhi, Madhubani, Darbhanga, Muzaffarpur, Gopalganj, Siwan, Saran, Vaishali, Samastipur, Begusarai, Khagaria, Bhagalpur, Nalanda and Patna.The BJP's charge was led by Prime Minister Modi, who addressed seven rallies over two days, including the four on Sunday. Several Union ministers including Rajnath Singh, Smriti Irani, Giriraj Singh and Anurag Thakur, besides senior party leaders such as BJP chief J P Nadda addressed campaign rallies.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday blazed through the electoral battleground in Bihar mocking RJD's Tejashwi Yadav and
Congress leader Rahul Gandhi as "double yuvraj" (two crown princes) who stood for "jungle raj" and were pitted against
the NDA's "double engine" growth which has pulled the state out of lantern age.
Firing on all cylinders on a day when campaign for 94 assembly segments going to polls in the second phase came to an end, Modi also touched upon contentious issues like Balakot air strike, Ayodhya, Article 370, Citzenship Amendment Act and the alleged anti-national slogans raised at JNU by pro-Left activists.
"One of the double yuvraj had forged an alliance in Uttar Pradesh a few years ago. He criss-crossed through the state wearing a black jacket, waving at crowds. The alliance was drubbed," said Modi referring to Rahul Gandhi, whom he did not mention by name.
Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar may ditch the BJP after the assembly poll results are out, join the RJD-led Grand Alliance and make yet another attempt at posing a challenge to the NDA in the 2024 general elections, Lok Janshakti Party president Chirag Paswan claimed on Sunday. Paswan, who has chosen to plough a lonely furrow in the ongoing assembly elections, reiterated that the LJP was and will remain loyal towards the BJP, which was staring at the spectre of yet another 'paltimaar' (volte face) by the JD(U) president.
'Nitish Kumar has earned the epithet 'palturam' (turncoat) by virtue of his frequent acts of paltimaar. He came to power in Bihar after a long political battle with RJD chief Lalu Prasad. A few years later, he snapped ties with the BJP, an old ally and ended up forging an alliance with his arch rival,' he told a news channel. (PTI)
Concerned over the deteriorating political discourse in the country, senior BJP leader and Union minister Rajnath Singh has said elections shouldn't be fought and won by spreading hatred among people and there should be no place for "bitterness and acidic remarks" in a healthy democracy. He also expressed confidence that the NDA will win the Bihar elections and asserted that the exit of the Chirag Paswan-led LJP won't impact the poll prospects of the ruling alliance. Singh also rejected allegations of any hidden understanding with Paswan's party, saying the BJP believes in fair politics and doesn't play with the trust of the people.
"Chirag and his party would have their own reasons for leaving the alliance. But I don't think LJP would have any impact on the ruling BJP-JD(U) alliance in Bihar assembly polls. Our alliance will win the elections and form the next government in the state," he said. (PTI)
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday criticised the opposition over the Pulwama attack after Pakistan's admission of complicity in it, saying it has "taken masks off" the faces of those in India who never cared for the "sons of Bihar" who lost their lives in the assault. Addressing an election rally in Chapra, he also sought to appeal to Bihari sensitivities by speaking about 'chhath' puja, saying their "son" will ensure that kitchen fires are kept burning despite the COVID pandemic.
Addressing another rally in Samastipur, Modi said, "On one side of the political divide was the NDA which was committed to democracy and on the other an alliance devoted to dynastic politics. "Has any relative of (Bihar Chief Minister) Nitish Kumar been sent to Rajya Sabha? Do you find any relative of Modi in Parliament?" he asked the audience in Samastipur which responded with a resounding "No". (PTI)
Taking to Twitter, LJP leader Chirag Paswan said that the ruling government had failed to provide jobs in the last five years and is offering only lollipops in the name of employment now.
PM Modi said that 'Aatmanirbhar Bihar' (self-reliant Bihar) will help in development in various sectors of Bihar. He said that equipment to help farmers in irrigation will be provided and firshery sector will be boosted. PM Modi said that women have a significant role in 'Aatmanirbhar Bihar'. "Soon, several mothers and daughters will be associated with...," he said.
In a bid to strike a chord with the state's women voters, the prime minister said, "My mothers need not worry about whether they would be able to afford Chhath festivities a few weeks from now. Do remember this son of yours is sitting in Delhi. He will take care of all your needs". Modi said the opposition alliance remembered the poor only during the elections, and once they were over, they forgot them and cared only for their own family.
"NDA has lifted Bihar out of the 'bimaru' states. Every vote to the NDA will prevent Bihar from not getting bimar (sick)...Can we vote back those who made Bihar 'bimar'. I am happy that our efforts have liberated thousands of homes in Bihar from open defecation," he says, adding that the opposition is concerned only about their own family
PM addresses 3rd rally of the day at Motihari. "We enforced lockdown to ensure Covid does not reach the villages. 'One nation one ration card' scheme will help workers to avail ration anywhere in the country. Once the next Nitish govt is formed, we will design a mechanism to safeguard the properties of migrants."
As discontents with 15 years of Nitish raj rise to the fore, and a desire for bringing in the new makes itself heard in Bihar, Tejashwi Yadav’s RJD faces a difficult predicament in this election: It is new — but it is also old. The RJD’s new chief ministerial candidate is his father’s son. Lalu Prasad gave the RJD its politics and its ideological core in the turbulent 1990s — but he also gave it its straitjacket. He upended an entrenched upper-caste domination by mobilising an array of backward castes in a state of fierce caste inequalities. Over the years, however, Lalu’s radical and largehearted coalition shrank, and “social justice” came to mean Yadav domination. Electorally and politically, the RJD became the “M-Y” (Muslim-Yadav) party. Click here to read more.
In a tweet, BSP chief Mayawati said, "Campaigning for the 94 assembly seats in the second phase of Bihar assembly elections is ending today. And, everybody's focus is on the November 3 voting. My appeal to voters is that they have seen the governments of Janata Dal-United and Rashtriya Janata Dal. Now, one chance should be given to our new alliance." The BSP, which is contesting on 80 seats in Bihar, has entered into an alliance with the Rashtriya Lok Samaj Party
PM Modi attacks dynasty politics at Samastipur rally. "On one side, NDA is committed to democracy, and on the other side is 'parivar tantra gathbandhan'. NDA govt is for 'sabka saath, sabka vikas'. No one from the families of Modi or Nitish Babu has reached the corridors of power. Self-serving dynasts treat the state and governance as their personal properties."
"The women of the state, who were connected to development in Bihar by the Nitish Kumar government, will form the next government. The girls who were provided with education, who were provided with toilets, the women whose water woes were solved, who are getting the benefit of Ujjwala scheme will vote for Bihar," he said.
Launching an attack at Congress, Modi said, "Sardar Patel did not receive the recognition he deserved from Congress. No one from Congress 'family' remembered Sardar Patel on his birth anniversary yesterday."
"The huge crowd that I can see today at this rally clearly tells what the result is going to be on the 10th November. Every survey has given the NDA a majority because Nitish Kumar is contesting on the plank of development," PM Modi said.
PM Modi on stage at Samastipur with Bihar CM Nitish Kumar, to address rally soon
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday excoriated the opposition over the Pulwama attack after Pakistan's admission of complicity in it, saying it has "taken masks off" the faces of those in India who never cared for the "sons of Bihar" who lost their lives in the assault. A few days ago, our neighbour confessed to its involvement in the Pulwama terror attack," Modi said referring to a statement made on the floor of Pakistan National Assembly by minister Fawad Chaudhry who credited Premier Imran Khan for the "success in Pulwama" where "humne Hindustan ko ghar mein ghus kar maara (we hit India on its own soil)". "The admission has also taken the masks off our opponents who never actually cared for the lives we lost in the suicide attack which killed many sons of Bihar. They have always been more preoccupied with their political gains," said Modi referring to the questions that were raised about the Balakot air strikes that followed the terrorist strike. He asked the electorate to "beware of such elements" who are seeking their votes.
LJP chief Chirag Paswan said, "PM Narendra Modi himself is conducting so many rallies in Bihar. He is putting in a lot of effort because everyone knows that not a single Bihari is going to vote in the name of the present CM Nitish Kumar."
The Election Commission has ruled that the “re-release” of a biopic on Prime Minister Narendra Modi does not attract provisions of the model code of conduct. While responding to a recent complaint by a private citizen that the reported release of the biopic in cinema halls amid the Bihar elections was in violation of the poll code, the poll panel concluded “re-release” did not attract provisions of the model code in this matter, sources told news agency PTI on Saturday.
"Today's youth should ask themselves why big projects which were so important for Bihar, were stuck for years...Bihar still had full support...the governments still had enough money...the only difference was that then there was jungle raj," said PM Modi. "Every mother, poor or rich, used to tell her child, "Ghar ke bheetar hi raho bahar mat nikla, bahar lakad sungwa ghum rha hai"," said PM Modi while addressing the law and order in Bihar
"We have opened up 30 passport centres, including one in Gopalganj, for those aspiring to go abroad. Now there is no need to travel all the way to Patna. We have removed the language barrier by emphasizing on mother tongue as medium of instruction in new education policy. Recruitment in railway, banking and other govt sectors will be through a single exam soon. We have ensured free grains for poor till Chhath puja. No woman should worry about how she will celebrate Chhath puja," Prime Minister Narendra Modi said in Chhappra
Taking a jibe at RJD leader Tejashwi Yadav and Congress leader Rahul Gandhi, PM Modi said just like Uttar Pradesh, Bihar will also send back the 'double yuvraaj'.
Addressing a rally in Chhapra, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said that the first phase of voting has indicated huge gains for the NDA. "After the first phase voting, is it clear that Nitish Kumar is all set to form government again. This has left opponents frustrated. Political pundits were proven wrong in 1st phase of Bihar polls which saw large voter turnout despite COVID-19," he said.
Taking an aim at Nitish Kumar's retirement policies in the state, Tejashwi Yadav said the people of Bihar will make the chief minister retire now
Shiv Sena MP Sanjay Raut said on Saturday that he would not be surprised if the Rashtriya Janata Dal leader Tejashwi Yadav became chief minister after the Bihar Assembly polls. Speaking at an event organised by the Pune Union of Working Journalists, Raut said all eyes are on ongoing elections in the northern state. "There is a youngster who does not have any support, andinvestigation agencies like CBI and ED are hounding him. He is challenging the Union government as it is suppressing opposition parties," the Sena leader said, referring to Tejashwi. "Therefore, I will not be surprised if he became the chief minister of Bihar," Raut added.