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Modi kicks off Bihar campaign in Samastipur, targets Congress-RJD
NF Times
|October 26, 2025
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday began his election campaign in Bihar with a focus on consolidating support among the state’s dominant OBCs (Other Backward Classes) and EBCS (Extremely Backward Classes).
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Addressing a massive rally in Samastipur, the home district of the late socialist leader and former Chief Minister Karpoori Thakur, who was posthumously awarded the Bharat Ratna under the current NDA government, Modi invoked Thakur's political legacy to appeal to Bihar's backwards-class electorate. By choosing Samastipur, a district with a strong OBC-EBC demographic, the rally seemed carefully planned to connect with these communities.
This story is from the October 26, 2025 edition of NF Times.
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