2/3rds majority for NDA in Bihar to be befitting tribute to Nehru on his birthday: Rajnath

Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on Wednesday quipped that a two-thirds majority for the NDA in Bihar's 243-member assembly would be a 'befitting tribute' to Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru on his birthday, November 14, the day poll results will be declared.

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At a rally at Barh in Patna district, he also slammed the RJD, claiming that people of Bihar do not want "goonda raj" and that Chief Minister Nitish Kumar has largely been successful in undoing damage "inflicted by RJD's jungle raj".

"The day the Bihar poll results will be out happens to be the birthday of Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru. He may not be one of our ideologues, may not belong to our party, but he was the first prime minister of our nation. I do respect him," he said.

He further said that the kind of nation Nehru wanted to build is the kind of nation Prime Minister Narendra Modi wants to build - a developed and strong country.

"If people vote the NDA to power by a two-thirds majority in Bihar on November 14, this will be a true tribute to Pt Nehru in real terms on his birthday. Do you want to accomplish this task or not?" Singh said while addressing the rally.