Amit Shah Launches Poll Campaign in Bihar from Lalu Prasad Yadav's Stronghold

Union Home Minister Amit Shah launched the Bharatiya Janata Party's (BJP) campaign for the Assembly election in Bihar on Sunday with a massive rally in Gopalganj, the stronghold of RJD supremo Lalu Prasad.

- IMRAN MOJIB

Setting the stage for a fierce battle between the Modi-Nitish leadership and Lalu and family, he asserted that only the Modi-Nitish duo can develop Bihar while Lalu and his family are the only obstacle in the state's development.

He said: "You have to decide whether you want to go back to Lalu-Rabri's jungleraj or to walk on the path of development with Nitish Kumar and PM Modi." Mr Shah said that Lalu Prasad was always concerned about his family - he made his wife chief minister of Bihar, made his sons ministers, made his brothers-in-law MLAs and made his daughter a parliamentarian. He never thought of the development of the people of Bihar. On the contrary, PM Modi has been working for the development of the state and its people.