Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday launched "Mission Bihar" from Karpoorigram in Samastipur, the birthplace of Bharat Ratna and socialist leader Karpoori Thakur, with a sharp attack on the Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD)-Congress-led INDIA bloc.
He accused the alliance of &ldquo;wasting Bihar&rsquo;s time and money&rdquo; and vowed that the state would take giant leaps under the NDA.
Speaking at his first rally since the election announcement in Dudhpura, Modi said, &ldquo;People freed Bihar from "Jungle Raj" in 2005 by voting for the NDA under Chief Minister Nitish Kumar. But for 10 years, the Congress-RJD alliance at the Centre only created hurdles in Nitish&rsquo;s path. The RJD even threatened to withdraw support from the Congress if it helped Bihar.&rdquo;
Emphasising that &ldquo;development and Jungle Raj cannot coexist,&rdquo; Modi credited Nitish Kumar&rsquo;s governance for restoring the rule of law in the state. 
He urged voters to &ldquo;keep the lathbandhan away&rdquo; to prevent RJD&rsquo;s return.
Modi alleged that the RJD&rsquo;s campaign was rooted in intimidation, saying, &ldquo;They are threatening people, flaunting katta (country pistols) and dunali (double-barrel guns) in campaign songs. If given a chance, they will bring back the same lawlessness.&rdquo;
The Prime Minister said &ldquo;law and order cannot be expected&rdquo; from the RJD, recalling Bihar&rsquo;s pre-2005 era when Begusarai&rsquo;s industrial corridor had collapsed.&nbsp;
He claimed the NDA revived it and reaffirmed his government&rsquo;s focus on &ldquo;eradicating poverty, not making speeches.&rdquo;
He accused the RJD of fostering extortion, kidnapping, and corruption, saying their rule destroyed generations, especially among women, Dalits, backward classes, and the poor.
He contrasted this with Nitish Kumar&rsquo;s efforts to bring peace and progress, adding, &ldquo;Now is the time for Bihar to accelerate toward self-reliance and prosperity.&rdquo;
Citing the Congress&rsquo;s internal politics, Modi mentioned former party president Sita Ram Kesri, who he said was &ldquo;insulted, locked in a bathroom, and removed,&rdquo; reflecting the party&rsquo;s &ldquo;anti-Dalit and anti-backward&rdquo; mindset.
He also blamed the RJD for unemployment and migration, saying their governance forced people to leave Bihar. 
Modi accused both RJD and Congress of &ldquo;Atak, Latakia, Bhatak, Patak&rdquo; politics&mdash;divided, directionless, and arrogant despite losing elections for two decades.
Under the NDA, he said, Bihar received three times more central funds than during the Congress era. 
He added that under the RJD, Dalits and the poor feared police stations, and Maoist violence made life unsafe. Since 2014, the NDA had weakened Maoist networks and aimed to eliminate them completely.
&ldquo;There&rsquo;s no room for lanterns now; electricity has reached every corner of Bihar. Nayi raftaar se chalega Bihar jab phir aayegi NDA sarkar (Bihar will progress faster when the NDA returns),&rdquo; Modi declared.
He accused RJD and Congress of &ldquo;protecting their families instead of the people,&rdquo; saying both parties&rsquo; top leaders were &ldquo;out on bail.&rdquo; 
Modi further alleged that RJD was attempting to &ldquo;steal the Jananayak tag&rdquo; of Karpoori Thakur, who inspired the NDA&rsquo;s inclusive development vision.
Earlier, Modi became the first Prime Minister to visit Karpoorigram, where he paid tributes to Karpoori Thakur and met his family members, accompanied by Nitish Kumar and Karpoori&rsquo;s son Ramnath Thakur. 
CM Nitish Kumar thanked Modi for the Centre&rsquo;s support, stating that Bihar&rsquo;s development began with the restoration of law and order.
The event saw all 10 NDA candidates from Samastipur on stage, alongside Samrat Choudhary, Jitan Ram Manjhi, Chirag Paswan, Upendra Kushwaha, Nityanand Rai, and Sanjay Jha.
In the last Assembly elections, the NDA won seven of the ten Samastipur seats, though the RJD retained the Samastipur constituency through Md Akhtarul Islam Shahin.

PM Modi launches ‘Mission Bihar’, slams RJD-Congress for misrule and corruption

Modi Launches ‘Mission Bihar’, Slams RJD Rule

PM Modi launches ‘Mission Bihar’, slams RJD-Congress for misrule and corruption

October 24, 2025 | 17:07 IST