Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday began campaigning for the upcoming Bihar assembly election with a rally in Sasaram. Addressing the rally Modi referred to criticism of his government's move to end special status to Jammu and Kashmir under Article 370 and targeted the opposition. "The NDA government abrogated Article 370. These people say they will bring it back if they come to power. After making such statements they dare to ask for votes from Bihar? Is this not an insult of Bihar? The state which sends its sons and daughters to the borders to protect the country?"
He said if Bihar's Nitish Kumar government had not acted fast, there would have been many more coronavirus deaths and "unimaginable mayhem". But today Bihar, having battled Covid, is now celebrating the festival of democracy," He also attacked the opposition Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD). "The people who once ruled Bihar are again looking at the developing state with their greedy eyes. But, Bihar must not forget who pushed them backward, that was the time when there was worsening law and order situation and corruption in the state," he said. "Where the money meant for the poor went into corruption, this government was able to organize free food for families in the middle of the pandemic," the Prime Minister said.
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