NDA, Oppn leaders trade barbs

POLL BATTLEGROUND HEATS UP

- HT Correspondents

Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Tejashwi Prasad Yadav.

(HT/AFP)

The National Democratic Alliance (NDA) and the Opposition Grand Alliance continued their tirades against each other in poll-bound Bihar on Saturday, with Prime Minister Narendra Modi accusing his opponents of “sowing seeds of poison in young minds by glorifying culture of dunali (double-barreled gun), katta (country-made pistol) and rangdari (extortion)”, and the Rashtriya Janata Dal leader Tejashwi Yadav urging people to “vote for change”.

With days to go before the polling for the second phase of elections on November ll, Modi alleged that the RJD-Congress combine promoted “jungle raj”. “People are not voting for jungle raj wallahs because they know if these people come to power they will hold a katta at the head of the public with the order to hold hands up. People of Bihar do not want hands up but start ups, which only the NDA can facilitate,” he said, concluding his campaign for Bihar polls with rallies in Sitamarhi and Bettiah.