PM Modi trains his guns on Lalu-Nitish in Bihar rally, says ruling JDU stands for 'Janata Ka Daman aur Utpeedan'

Gaya: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday trained his guns on Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar and called his party Janata Dal United as 'Janata ka Daman aur Utpeedan'. The remarks came as both the leaders are indulged in a war of words and setting the stage for a bitter and personal battle for Bihar Assembly.

While addressing the Parivartan rally at Gandhi Maidan in Gaya, Modi said, "The JDU stands for 'Janata ka Daman aur Utpidan'." Modi asked people not to give a second chance to those who have ruined the state for 25 years.

Hitting out at the grand alliance of the JDU and Lalu Prasad's Rashtriya Janata Dal, Modi said, "I do not know who is Bhujang Prasad and who is Chandan Kumar. I do not know who is having poison and who is serving it?"

The remarks came weeks after Lalu had said, "I want to assure the secular forces and the people of India that in this battle of Bihar, I am ready to gulp everything. Hum har tarah ka ghoont peene ko taiyar hain. Hum har tarah ka zehar peene ko taiyar hain. (I am ready to drink all types of poison)."

Modi said that the poison that has been consumed will be spewed and affect people of Bihar as RJD and JDU alliance will not last for long.

Hailing the efforts of Rajasthan Chief Minister Vasundhara Raje and her Madhya Pradesh counterpart Shivraj Singh Chouhan, Modi said, "They brought out both the states from the "BIMARU" category. And give us one chance, we will bring Bihar out of "BIMARU" category."

Modi thanked people for supporting him in the Lok Sabha elections. "The turnout here in Gaya is more than what I saw when I addressed a rally here during the Lok Sabha polls. People have already decided that they will bring change and this election will end the 'jungle raj' in Bihar."

This is Modi's second visit to Bihar within a span of just 20 days after becoming the Prime Minister in May 2014.

After being decimated in Delhi Assembly elections, the Bihar elections is a litmus test for the Narendra Modi government and it is not taking any chances. With top leaders of the National Democratic Alliance actively involved in campaigning and reaching out to people informing various schemes, it is to seen whether it will materialise in votes.