Union Home Minister Amit Shah launched a fierce broadside against Rahul Gandhi during four rallies across Bihar on October 30, 2025, condemning the Congress leader's remark mocking Prime Minister Narendra Modi's Chhath Puja observance as "drama." Shah asserted Gandhi's "Italian maternal heritage" prevents him from understanding the profound devotion Bihar's people hold for Chhathi Maiyya. "Press NDA buttons with such force that tremors reach Italy," Shah declared, predicting the INDIA bloc's electoral obliteration as voters avenge this cultural insult alongside prior Congress attacks on Modi's mother.
Shah contrasted NDA governance under Chief Minister Nitish Kumar—marked by zero massacres, 80% reductions in kidnappings and dacoities, and 20% fewer murders—with RJD's 1992-2004 "jungle raj" era of 32,000 abductions and 12 massacres. Dismissing Tejashwi Yadav's threat to reclaim women's welfare funds, Shah highlighted ₹18 lakh crore in infrastructure, the ₹9,500 crore Barauni fertilizer plant revival, MSP increases, and a dedicated Makhana Board, underscoring NDA's corruption-free record against UPA's ₹12 lakh crore scams.
In Nalanda, Shah invoked Chanakya and Chandragupta Maurya's legacy while praising Modi's indestructible new university, immune to destroyers like Bakhtiyar Khilji. He announced ₹850 crore for Punaura Dham—Goddess Sita's birthplace—with PM Modi to conduct pran pratishtha in two years, paralleling Ayodhya Ram Mandir's completion after Congress's 70-year obstruction of a 500-year struggle.
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Campaigning for Deputy Chief Ministers Vijay Kumar Sinha and Samrat Choudhary, Shah predicted their rise to greater prominence, prompting Congress's Pawan Khera to retort on X that "only the Chief Minister outranks a Deputy." Shah emphasized NDA's security achievements—Surgical Strikes, Balakot, Operation Sindoor—against UPA's terror failures, vowing removal of infiltrators usurping local resources.
Rahul Gandhi countered that Modi's Chhath observance serves electoral optics, while Modi promised UNESCO recognition for the festival. Social media erupted with #ChhathInsult versus #ModiDrama, as surveys show NDA leading 48%-42% ahead of November 1-6 voting—positioning faith, development, and outrage to determine Bihar's political destiny.
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