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Prime Minister Narendra Modi addresses a public meeting, in Siwan, Bihar. (PTI)
Ahead of the Bihar assembly polls, Prime Minister Narendra Modi Friday took a swipe at Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) supremo and former CM Lalu Prasad Yadav and the Congress party while addressing a rally in Bihar’s Siwan.
Top quotes from PM Modi’s speech:
📌“Bihar became a symbol of poverty under the rule of ‘Panja’ (Congress) and ‘Laltern’ (RJD)… They looted so much that poverty became Bihar’s misfortune”
📌“RJD and Congress actions are anti-Bihar and anti-investment. Whenever they talk about development, people see locks hanging on shops, businesses, industries and trades… These people have been the nurturers of poor infrastructure, mafia raj, gunda raj, and corruption…”
📌“The NDA government has brought Bihar back on the path of development”
📌”The people of Bihar have ended ‘jungle raj’ created by Congress, RJD.”
📌 “Those who brought ‘jungle raj’ to Bihar are looking for an opportunity to repeat their old deeds somehow. People who are ready to put the brake on the journey towards a prosperous Bihar have to be kept at bay,” he said.
📌”Congress’s ‘License Raj’ kept Bihar poor for a long time… the Dalit and backwards communities were the biggest victims of this. Some families became millionaires and billionaires by showing these people false dreams of being free from poverty…”
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📌”RJD insulted Babasaheb Ambedkar, people of Bihar will never forgive its leaders”
📌 “We say ‘Sabka saath, sabka vikas’ but RJD believes in ‘parivaar ka vikas'”
The PM launched 28 development projects worth more than Rs 5,900 crore. He inaugurated the new Vaishali–Deoria railway line project, built at a cost of over Rs 400 crore, and flagged off a new train service on this route. Additionally, in a major boost to connectivity in north Bihar, Modi also flagged off the Vande Bharat Express between Patliputra (Patna) and Gorakhpur (Uttar Pradesh) via Muzaffarpur and Bettiah.
He promoted the ‘Make in India – Make for the World’ initiative. He also flagged off a state-of-the-art locomotive built at Marhowra plant for export to the Republic of Guinea.