PM Modi To Unveil Projects In Bihar

He is scheduled to visit the headquarters of the West Champaran district…

On Tuesday, Prime Minister Narendra Modi will set foot in the state for the second time in less than a week.

PM Modi is scheduled to visit Bettiah town, which is the headquarters of the West Champaran district, in the afternoon and unveil projects worth Rs. 12,800 crores.

Former state BJP president Sanjay Jaiswal, the local MP, came out with a video message, asking the people to "turn up in large numbers and welcome the dearest member of our family".

Mr. Jaiswal's refrain of "humaare parivaar ke sabse pyaare sadasya" came in the backdrop of the BJP's "Modi ka Parivaar" campaign, in response to a jibe of RJD president Lalu Prasad at a rally in Patna on Sunday.

Lalu, whose three children, including apparent Tejashwi Yadav, are in politics, had taken potshots at PM Modi, taunting him for having no family of his own.

The RJD leader was sore over PM Modi's speeches at rallies in Aurangabad and Begusarai districts of the state a day earlier when the PM had unveiled projects worth more than Rs. 1.5 lakh crore.

PM Modi had lambasted RJD, and its ally Congress, for having used the social justice plank as a "shield" to justify "corruption and dynastic politics".

He had also expressed delight over the BJP-led NDA, which had swept the 2019 Lok Sabha polls in Bihar, looking in good shape with the return of CM Nitish Kumar, who heads the JD(U).