Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday launched his campaign for the November Bihar Assembly elections with back-to-back rallies in Samastipur and Begusarai, weaving together a narrative of social justice, development and Hindutva, even as he cautioned people not to let “jungle raj” return to the state, accusing the Opposition Mahagathbandhan leaders of lawlessness and corruption.

Modi said the incumbent NDA under Chief Minister and JD(U) president Nitish Kumar would clinch the polls and break electoral records. Without declaring Nitish as the NDA’s CM candidate, Modi’s remarks were apparently meant to counter the Opposition’s barb that the BJP has fought shy of projecting Nitish as the CM face because it wanted to replace him after the elections.

The PM chose to launch his campaign

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