Modi, the first prime minister to hold such an event in Bihar, captivated the crowd with his humility. He bowed respectfully with folded hands to greet groups of priests performing an “aarati” in his honour along the road. The prime minister traversed approximately a kilometre and a half atop a saffron-coloured vehicle adorned with flowers, images of himself, and cutouts of the lotus, symbolising the BJP.
Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar, whose JD(U) is an NDA partner, Deputy CM and state BJP president Samrat Choudhary and local MP Ravi Shankar Prasad were perched beside Modi as he waved at the euphoric crowds shrieking with joy from beyond iron barricades put up by security personnel.
The BJP, which depends heavily on the prime minister’s persona in elections, had demonstrably worked hard to make “The Modi Show”, the name given to the Patna event, a grand success.
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