Law Kumar Mishra
Patna, September 11
Prime Minister Narendra Modi would be the star campaigner for the NDA again and scheduled to address 30 rallies in the state even as the alliance propelled into the election mode.
Six of the proposed rallies on digital mode are expected to take place before the Election Commission announces schedule of the coming assembly elections.
Modi on Thursday launched schemes of pisciculture worth Rs 294 crores and addressed the farmers from New Delhi through video conference. He inaugurated different projects of animal husbandry at Purnia, Kishanganj, Pusa and Patna and introduced the Gopala app.
This was the first virtual meeting of the PM. He will announce more gifts to the state in different phases, according to the deputy chief minister, Sushil Kumar Modi. He told the PM how animal husbandry had earned a bad name in the 90s when the fodder scam took place. Lalu Prasad is among those convicted in the case.
The programmes of inauguration will continue till September 23 as poll schedule may be out on September 23.
Meanwhile, BJP president J P Nadda and former chief minister of Maharashtra Devendra Fadnavis who has been appointed election co-ordinator for Bihar elections are reaching here on a two-day visit.
The two leaders are scheduled to chair the meetings of the Core group of the BJP, election committee and campaign committee. Nadda will visit Darbhanga and Muzaffarpur also to interact with the fishermen and vegetable growers and seek their support.
The BJP President who was born and brought up at Patna would also offer prayers at the historic Badi Patan Devi temple on Ashok Rajpath immediately after his arrival. During his student days in Patna College, he visited the temple frequently. He resided at Sultanganj close to the temple.
Negotiations for seat sharing with the alliance partners will also take a final shape during the stay of the two leaders who would meet the JDU president, Nitish Kumar too.
