Shah Launches Poll Campaign in Bihar From Lalu'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.