Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday claimed that he won elections because he worked to resolve issues of (poor) mothers and sisters.
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Mr. Modi was addressing his first public meeting for the third phase of the Bihar Assembly polls , scheduled to be held on November 7, at Forbesganj in Araria district. The third phase for 78 seats will largely be held in the northeastern districts.
The Prime Minister had addressed as many as 10 public meetings across the State.
“Some people ask how Modi wins elections... Modi wins elections because he works to resolve the issues of all the [poor] mothers and sisters...they bless him as their son has dedicated his life for the poor”, he said.
Mr. Modi asserted that Bihar was all set to re-elect the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) government to take the State to new heights. A return of the double-engine government would help the State progress at a faster pace.
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“In Bihar, rangdari and rangbaaz [extortion and extortionists] are losing election, while vikas [development] is winning the polls”, he stated.
The Congress had reached a stage where it did not even have a total of 100 seats in Parliament, he said.
‘Double yuvraj’
Mr. Modi hit out at Congress leader Rahul Gandhi and RJD leader Tejashwi Yadav by calling them “double yuvraj [crown prince]”. He said, “They [Mr. Gandhi and Mr. Yadav] have been rejected by the people of the State. Nepotism [in politics] today is being defeated and democracy is winning…arrogance is losing, hard work is winning... corruption is losing and people’s rights are winning again in Bihar”.
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At his second public meeting in Sharasa, he said, “There is a group of people, who are proponents of jungle raj. which doesn’t even want you to chant ‘Jai Shri Ram’ or ‘Bharat Mata ki Jai’…all of them have now come together to ask for votes from you but there is need to give them a befitting reply in elections here”.
The Prime Minister reiterated that “the NDA government is going to be re-elected for a self-reliant Bihar”. He listed the achievements and steps taken by the ‘double-engine’ NDA government in Bihar and at the Centre as well.
People knew well how Bihar’s “talent was wasted by the then jungle raj”. “How poor people were not allowed to vote during those jungle raj time but today Bihar has changed and people have decided not to frighten against them”. A self-reliant Bihar meant development for all in all spheres, he added.
