Modi visited Bihar, and as a part of his mission to develop Eastern India, there was a special package of Rs 40,000 crore and another package of Rs 1.25 lakh crore, which includes a Highway project worth Rs 9,700 crore and 3 skill training centres.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi, while visiting Bihar on Tuesday, announced a Rs 1.25 lakh crore special package for the state.
Here are the highlights from his Saharsa rally:
Modi: We will change the destiny of Bihar and its people, we will create a new Bihar.
Modi: Why do students from Bihar go outside for further studies? I wish to change this situation.
Modi hits out at Nitish Kumar government over the law and order situation in Bihar: As per Bihar government’s statistics, the number of serious crimes reported in January were 13808. Within six months figures have reached 18,505,” says Modi, adding, “You tell me, does it not indicate the arrival of the jungle raaj.
Some people are compromising for power with those who threw Jayaprakash Narayan ji in jail. Is it not an insult to JP’s legacy? Today, those who are in alliance with the Congress party, will it give peace to Jayaprakash Narayan’s soul, Modi says apparently hinting at Bihar CM Nitish Kumar
Modi: Indira Gandhi and the Congress party had put Jayaprakash Narayan ji in jail during Emergency. Who was responsible for Jayaprakash Narayan’s death? It is the Congress party.
Those who can’t leave behind their arrogance, should we continue to support them? asks PM Modi
Modi: It is visible which way the wind is blowing, says PM Modi while looking at the crowd in Saharsa.
Earlier, In a major pre-poll sop for Bihar, the Prime Minister announced package of a whopping Rs 1.25 lakh crore, promising that the state will touch new heights of development if the BJP is voted to power.
Modi also hit out at Chief Minister Nitish Kumar for putting the prestige of Bihar at stake for his political gains by pleading with the previous UPA government for packages and getting only Rs 12000 crore.
“I am here today to fulfill my promise to you. I am announcing a package of Rs 1.25 lakh crore for Bihar. Now you give me your blessings to change the fate of Bihar… Only development will benefit the state and eradicate its poverty.
Bihar will touch new heights of development,” he said at a government function where several projects were launched.
Modi also made it clear that the Rs 1.25 lakh crore package will be in addition to the ongoing development projects worth Rs 40657 cr, announced previously.
Amid high-stakes Assembly election, BJP is banking heavily on the Centre’s development package to wrest power from Kumar, its one time ally-turned-rival, who has now joined hands with Lalu Prasad’s RJD to take on the saffron combine.
Attacking Kumar for his claim that Bihar was no longer a ‘bimaru’ state as claimed by Modi in his previous rally in Bihar, Modi wondered why the chief minister had been seeking packages all the time.
“Our chief minister turned very angry and said who is Modi to call Bihar a ‘bimaru’ state. He said with authority that Bihar is no longer a bimaru state. If it is true, then I will be the happiest person. I welcome this.
“Tell me, if somebody is healthy, will he go to a doctor.
If somebody’s stomach is full, will he go anywhere seeking food? I am surprised that on the one hand he says Bihar is not bimaru and on the other he keeps asking for something or the other. Let the people of Bihar decide,” Modi, accompanied by many Union Ministers, said.