Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday inaugurated projects worth over ₹13,000 crore in Bihar, combining infrastructure push with sharp political attacks on the opposition ahead of the upcoming assembly elections in the state.
At Gaya, Modi launched projects worth ₹12,000 crore, including the flagging off of two trains—one of them an Amrit Bharat Express connecting the central Bihar pilgrimage town to Delhi. Later, in Begusarai district, he inaugurated a bridge over the Ganga built at a cost of more than ₹1,000 crore, travelling there with Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar and Deputy CM Samrat Choudhary.
The prime minister, who reached Gaya in an open vehicle and greeted crowds in Magahi, described the city as “the land of Lord Buddha and Lord Vishnu,” while emphasising his government’s infrastructure commitments. At Simaria, he walked the new bridge hand-in-hand with CM Kumar, waving to the crowd gathered on the riverbanks.
Sharp Political Attacks on Opposition
During his speech at Gaya, Modi accused the INDIA bloc of shielding corruption and protecting infiltrators. Referring to the Constitution (130th Amendment) Bill, 2025, and the Election Commission’s special intensive revision (SIR) of electoral rolls in Bihar, he said the opposition’s criticism was “helping” infiltrators.
“There is one more threat—that of infiltrators (ghuspaithiye) that our nation faces, which I also spoke about in my Independence Day speech. They cannot be allowed to partake of the resources of our country. I have, therefore, called for a demography mission. But the Congress and the RJD want to protect these infiltrators for the sake of their vote bank politics,” Modi alleged.
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He also highlighted his government’s anti-corruption stance: “We have seen a regrettable situation in which people in seats of power have been running governments from jail, signing files from behind bars, tearing to shreds constitutional propriety.” Drawing a contrast, he said, “So, we decided to bring in a law that provides for the dismissal of a corrupt chief minister, or even the Prime Minister, if he or she spends 30 days in jail.”
Modi further accused the Congress of neglecting Bihar, recalling, “One of its chief ministers had famously told a public rally that he would not allow immigrants from the state to set foot on the soil of his state.” He added that the RJD “seemed to be in deep slumber.”
National Security and Operation Sindoor
The prime minister also spoke about Operation Sindoor, calling it “a pledge I took on the soil of Bihar.” He declared, “Now, the message is loud and clear that no terrorist can escape after striking anywhere on Indian soil. Our missiles will hunt them down to the deepest recesses of the earth (patal lok).”
“Pakistan tried to retaliate, but none of its missiles could hit us. We blew away their missiles like pieces of straw (tinke ki tarah uda diya),” he added, referring to India’s military response.
Meanwhile, the INDIA bloc has launched a statewide “Voter Adhikar Yatra,” with Rahul Gandhi, Tejashwi Yadav, and other alliance leaders protesting the electoral roll revision, alleging it aims to benefit the BJP-led NDA.
