Bihar CM Nitish Kumar set to kick-start election campaign today

PATNA: JD(U) president and CM Nitish Kumar will launch his election campaign on Monday by addressing voters of 11 assembly constituencies spread across six districts which will go to the polls in the first phase on October 28.
“The CM will address the first election meeting at 5pm on Monday,” JD(U) national general secretary and state’s water resources minister Sanjay Kumar Jha said. Jha added the CM would address people of 35 assembly constituencies in 15 districts in three shifts on Monday and Tuesday (October 12 and 13).
“On October 13, the CM will address the electors of 11 constituencies from 11am. On the same day, he will address voters of 13 more constituencies from 4pm. The CM’s election rallies on the first two days will be through virtual mode. His speech will be directly telecast and broadcast from the party’s dedicated online digital platform jdulive.com,” Jha, who finalised the CM’s programme, said.
The WRD minister said from October 14, the CM would fly to different parts of the state to address physical election rallies while maintaining Covid-19 protocols. “Nitish will address the electors of Sultanganj, Amarpur, Dhoraiya, Belhar, Tarapur, Jamalpur, Suryagarha, Sheikhpura, Barbigha, Nawada and Govindpur constituency from 5pm on Monday. Similarly, he will address the people of Masaurhi, Paliganj, Kurtha, Jehanabad, Ghosi, Sandesh, Agion, Jagdishpur, Dumraon, Rajpur and one more constituency from 11am on October 13,” Jha said.
In the evening shift on the same day, the CM will address the electors of Chenari, Karahgar, Sasaram, Dinara, Nokha, Obra, Rafiganj, Nabinagar, Sherghsti, Belaganj, Atari, Jhajha and Chakai constituencies, Jha added. He said the BJP was also finalising the election campaign programme of PM Narendra Modi. “We do not have the details about the PM’s likely programmes. However, we are sure that the PM and the Bihar CM will be sharing the stage on a number of occasions during electioneering.”
BJP state president Dr Sanjay Jaiswal too said the PM and Nitish might share dais in the days to come.