Modi will make Bihar 'developed' state if people vote NDA to power: Nitish

Bringing 'Modi factor' to fore of poll campaign, Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Wednesday devoted his speech at a BJP rally here to development works undertaken by prime minister for Bihar and said Narendra Modi will make it a "developed" state if ruling NDA is voted back to power.Lavishing praise on Modi, Kumar referred to a slew of projects to assert that people of Bihar can never forget what he has done for state.

"Listening to his (Modi's) appeal, if you give NDA one more chance to work in state, n you take it for sure that he will transform it into a developed state. Bihar with march ahe," he said.

Locked in a keen electoral battle with RJD-led opposition amid a perceived anti-incumbency against Kumar's nearly 15-year tenure as chief minister, National Democratic Alliance is banking strongly on 'Modi factor' to help it romp home.

In state capital and several or places, BJP's posters carrying prime minister's photographs and its symbol, among with that of allies, have been put up prominently, assuring voters that he will bring m jobs -- a central me of Bihar assembly polls -- and or developments in same way he has brought m ros and electricity.

In his speech, Kumar, JD(U) president, spoke about Patna metro project, smart cities plan and Ujjwala scheme among or measures to laud Modi.

He has done so much for building ros and bridges in state, chief minister said in his brief speech.

Kumar also praised Modi for his initiatives in dealing with COVID-19 pandemic. Referring to free ration scheme for over 80 crore poor in country between April and vember, chief minister said, "This is t a small thing." NDA has projected Kumar as its chief ministerial candidate.Opposition leer Tejashwi Yav, chief ministerial face of his alliance, has launched an aggressive campaign around me of "unemployment and corruption" in NDA government in state and has protected himself as a harbinger of hope and change.

NDA, on or hand, has been raking up issue of "15-year-misrule" during previous RJD regime from 1990 to 2005. 

(IM CREDITS:PTI)