Tejashwi was named CM candidate after RJD pointed katta at head of Congress, alleges Modi

Says both Pak, Congress yet to recover from Op Sindoor

- MPOST BUREAU

As the election campaign intensifies in Bihar, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday claimed that the Congress was "never willing" to accept Tejashwi Yadav as the INDIA bloc's chief ministerial candidate but relented only after the RJD pointed a "katta", an unlicensed country-made pistol, on its head.

Addressing back-to-back poll rallies in Bhojpur and Nawada districts, PM Modi highlighted the RJD's reputation for alleged strong-arm tactics and its troubled equations with alliance partners.

"The Congress never wanted to announce the chief ministerial candidate in favour of the RJD. The RJD secured it by placing a 'katta' on the head of the Congress. They have learnt their lessons in the school of 'jungle raj. Such elements can never do good for Bihar," he alleged.

Modi said Congress wanted to defeat the RJD in the Bihar polls, and urged people to wait for the second phase of polling to be over on November 11 "to see them fighting".

Launching a scathing attack on the Congress, Modi alleged that the party's 'royal family' lost sleep when blasts were occurring in Pakistan, adding that both Pakistan and the Congress' naamdars are yet to recover from Operation Sindoor.