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NEW DELHI: Accusing the Mahagathbandhan of corruption, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday launched a scathing attack on the opposition alliance in Bihar, claiming it had released a “ratelist” instead of a manifesto.Addressing a rally in Chhapra, PM Modi said, “The leaders of ‘Jungle Raj’ are constantly misleading you, luring you. RJD’s declaration, Congress’s manifesto is not a manifesto. They have revealed their rate list. The real motive behind their every declaration is extortion, ransom, loot, corruption, all this…”Follow Bihar Assembly Election 2025 Live Updates
The prime minister also targeted the Congress, accusing its leaders of disrespecting the people of Bihar. He referred to a 2022 incident when former Punjab chief minister Charanjit Singh Channi had urged people not to allow “bhaiyas” from Uttar Pradesh and Bihar to enter the state — a remark made in the presence of Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra.“Friends, I want to remind you — those with the lantern (RJD), the hand (Congress), and their INDIA alliance partners, how they have insulted Bihar,” PM Modi said, as quoted by ANI. Also read | ‘If you tell Modi to dance…’: Rahul Gandhi opens Bihar campaign with attack on PMRecalling the 1998 Champa Biswas case, PM Modi said the incident exposed the lawlessness during the RJD’s rule. He alleged that the then government had turned the chief minister’s office into a hub for “mafia” activities.“In Bihar in 1998, what happened to the wife of a Dalit IAS officer will make today’s youth shudder if they learn about it. The wife of the Dalit IAS officer had written a letter to the governor revealing that RJD goons had raped her for several days and had not spared other women in the family either, torturing them as well. During the RJD government, even the chief minister’s office had turned into an office of mafias,” he said.As Bihar heads into a high-stakes election, the NDA — which includes the BJP, JD(U), LJP (Ram Vilas), Hindustani Awam Morcha (Secular), and Rashtriya Lok Morcha — will face the Mahagathbandhan, led by the RJD and comprising Congress, CPI-ML, CPI, CPM, and Mukesh Sahani’s VIP.The state will vote in two phases on November 6 and 11, with the results to be declared on November 14.