Bihar: Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Chief Minister Nitish Kumar have been the star campaigners for the NDA alliance in the ongoing Bihar assembly elections, but Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath has been a crowd-puller too.
At his rally Wednesday at Pindaruch, a Brahmin-dominated village in northern Bihar’s Darbhanga district, close to 6,000 people attended. Adityanath was rallying in support of BJP candidate Murari Mohan Jha, who is pitted against Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) heavy weight and former finance minister of Bihar Abdul Bari Siddiqui.
People welcomed Adityanath with chants of ‘Jai Shri Ram‘ as his helicopter landed in Pindaruch. Some even broke the barricades as they tried to get a closer look at the BJP leader.
Speeches made by him and Jha mostly focused on the Ram Mandir, the scrapping of Article 370 from Jammu and Kashmir and war against terrorism. They also spoke about the setting up of an AIIMS and an airport in Darbhanga. Adityanath later spoke about the pandemic and asked people to be vigilant against the deadly virus.
No mention was, however, made of any development work done by the Kumar-led NDA government in the state. There were also no banners or posters of NDA partners at the ground.
ThePrint’s National Photo Editor Praveen Jain brings you glimpses from the rally.
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