After the first phase of Bihar Election 2025, which concluded on Thursday, Prime Minister (PM) Narendra Modi commended the people of the state for their record turnout. He highlighted that the steep voter turnout was evidence of the electorate`s growing confidence and trust in the double-engineered government of NDA at the Centre and the state, news agency IANS reported.
While addressing the a large gather in Aurangabad, PM Modi said, “People of Bihar have broken all records; this is the biggest ever polling percentage in the state since Independence. Close to 65 per cent of voting took place in the first phase.”
“This shows that the youth, farmers and women of Bihar are coming to bless the BJP-led NDA,” he added.
While recalling the horror of the Red Terror in the region during the RJD-Congress regime, PM Modi said that Aurangabad bore the brunt of Naxal violence for long, and it was under the Nitish Kumar-led government that it became free from the clutches of violence, PTI reported.
Elaborating on how the NDA Government wiped out Red Terror, PM Modi said, “This region has long been afflicted with Maoist terror. People used to fear coming out of their homes during the jungle raj, but after ‘Sushashan’ came to Bihar under Nitish Kumar, this marked the end of Naxal terror.”
“After the BJP government came to power at the Centre, a major crackdown on Red terror was launched, resulting in the restoration of people in people’s lives,” he said.
Boasting about the BJP’s habit and resolve of fulfilling its poll promises, PM Modi further recalled the historic and landmark decisions taken in 10 years of his tenure, reported PTI.
“We promised construction of Ram Mandir in Ayodhya, abrogation of Article 370, and implementation of the One Rank, One Pension scheme for the Armed Forces, and we ensured that all of them were executed within a certain timeframe,” Modi asserted.
“It was from the soil of Bihar that I promised to avenge the terror attacks in Pahalgam. I want to ask you — didn’t our forces punish the perpetrators? Didn’t they give suitable retaliation to their wicked designs?” PM Modi said, evoking a loud response from the crowd.
(With inputs from IANS)