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Bihar Election 2025: Several BJPministers were in Patna yesterday to attend the nomination of various candidates since it was the last day to file nominations for the first phase of the Bihar Assembly Election 2025. The last date for filing nominations for the second phase will end on October 20, and the last date for withdrawal of nominations is on October 23.
Home Minister Amit Shah, who was in Patna yesterday, announced that if the NDA returns to power in Bihar, it will transform the state into an “industrial hub”.
[img=1px,1px]https://data.indianexpress.com/election2019/track_1x1.jpg[/img]“Now it’s time for Bihar 3.0… We will make Bihar an industrial hub… Youth of Bihar have the highest intelligence in the whole world. Bihar may have a shortage of land, but we can introduce projects that require more mental work and less land,” Shah said in Patna.
He also launched a sharp attack on RJD supremo and former Bihar Chief Minister Lalu Prasad Yadav, saying that the 15-year ‘jungle raj’ of Lalu-Rabri pushed Bihar back by almost half a century.
Uttarakhand Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami and Uttar Pradesh Deputy CM Keshav Prasad Maurya held a roadshow in the Siwan Assembly constituencyin Bihar on Friday. He also attended the nomination ceremony of BJP candidate Deveshkant Singh in Goriakothi.
Dhami praised PM Modi, adding that more than 30 crore people in India have come out of poverty because of the initiatives taken under his leadership. He also urged the people to elect the NDA with a thumping majority and appealed for votes in support of Aruna Devi.
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