Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday held a grand roadshow in Bihar’s Patna after addressing multiple election rallies in Arrah and Nawada. He was accompanied by BJP State President Dilip Jaiswal and Union Minister for Fisheries, Animal Husbandry and Dairying Rajiv Ranjan Singh alias Lalan Singh. Notably, Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar was not present at the event.
During his visit, the Prime Minister also paid floral tributes to the statue of renowned Hindi poet Ramdhari Singh Dinkar at Dinkar Golambar in Patna, honouring the literary icon’s contribution to Indian culture and nationalism.
In a post on X, PM Modi said, “The powerful compositions of national poet Ramdhari Singh Dinkar, the pride of Bihar, have always inspired citizens to serve Maa Bharati. Today, I had the privilege of paying tribute to him at the Dinkar Golambar in Patna.”
Earlier in the day, while addressing a rally in Nawada, PM Modi hailed the NDA’s poll promise to provide an additional ₹3,000 to farmers in Bihar under the PM Kisan Samman Nidhi scheme, increasing the total annual benefit to ₹9,000. Emphasising the government’s focus on small farmers, he remarked, “The governments after independence did not prioritise small farmers. But this is Modi – jinhe koi nahi poochhta, Modi unhe poojta hai (Modi worships those whom no one else cares about). In the last 11 years, our government has brought small farmers to the centre of agricultural policy.”
The Prime Minister said that under the PM Kisan Samman Nidhi, ₹650 crore has been transferred to two lakh farmers in Nawada, adding that a total of ₹20,000 crore has been deposited directly into farmers’ bank accounts across the state.
Targeting the RJD-Congress-led Mahagathbandhan, PM Modi accused the opposition of corruption during the “jungle raj” era. “The money now reaches farmers’ accounts without any cut, commission, or corruption. But during jungle raj, they would have filled their own pockets. A former Congress Prime Minister once said, ‘If Re 1 is sent from Delhi, only 15 paisa reaches the villages.’ What was this panja (hand) that turned Re 1 into 15 paisa?” he said.
Highlighting the NDA’s manifesto, the Prime Minister added that farmers and livestock rearers will receive double the benefits, with ₹6,000 under the central PM-Kisan scheme and ₹3,000 from the state NDA government.
Polling for Bihar’s 243 Assembly constituencies will be held in two phases, on November 6 and 11, while counting of votes will take place on November 14.
(With ANI inputs)