Prime Minister Narendra Modi turned up the heat in Bihar's 2025 assembly polls on Thursday, slamming the Congress-RJD alliance for what he called a toxic mix of religious disdain and vote-grubbing appeasement. Rallying massive crowds in Bhagalpur and Araria amid the first-phase voting frenzy, Modi accused the opposition of cozying up to "infiltrators" while turning their backs on sacred icons like Lord Ram and Chhathi Maiya. "Their vote bank game is so dirty, they'd protect outsiders over our own people," he roared, framing the NDA's fight as a crusade for cultural pride and security in a state hungry for change.

Diving into the opposition's alleged hypocrisy, Modi zeroed in on Rahul Gandhi's "naamdaar" snubs, mocking how Congress dismisses Chhathi devotion as "drama" and skips Ayodhya's hallowed grounds. "I get their Ram allergy, but dodging darshan at Nishad Raj, Mata Shabri, and Valmiki shrines? That's pure contempt for Dalits and backwards," he thundered, linking the slight to a deeper hatred that alienates Bihar's core voters. He painted the duo as puppet masters of division, with RJD's "jungle raj" playbook—kidnappings, ransoms, and family fiefdoms—clashing against Congress's outdated dictionary missing "swadeshi" and "atmanirbharta." Modi warned that their infighting, from forced alliances to poster humiliations, would soon erupt into head-bashing brawls post-polls.

On the infiltration front, Modi didn't hold back, charging that Congress-RJD's "backdoor entries" for outsiders rob locals of jobs, homes, and rights—all for electoral math. "They march yatras for these encroachers and weave lies, but NDA will boot every last one out," he pledged, nodding to Rahul's recent Voter Adhikar trek as Exhibit A. He contrasted this with Bihar's NDA glow-up under Nitish Kumar: ditching 15 years of zero-growth "jungle raj"—no highways, bridges, or unis—to unleashing expressways, river-spanning spans, and four new central universities. "Only we keep this progress train chugging; their return means cruelty, corruption, and caste carnage like Bhagalpur '89 or '84's Sikh horrors," Modi jabbed.

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As booths buzzed with 42% turnout by midday—women forming an "impenetrable fortress" against raj regression—Modi hailed the ballot's magic. "One vote crushed that katta-kroorta era before; it'll do it again," he urged, spotlighting even ally Mukesh Sahani's digs at jungle ghosts. He flipped the script on power dynamics: "Those goons treated you like serfs; for Modi, you're mai-baap, family." With Tejashwi Yadav "pistol-whipped" into CM contention and Congress seething over slights, Modi predicted the INDI bloc's implosion, urging voters to back NDA's vision of unity over the opposition's "corrupt clan" chaos.

Bihar's first-phase pulse—121 seats under the gun—feels like a national preview, where faith, fairness, and future collide. Modi's barnstormer didn't just rally the faithful; it weaponized nostalgia and outrage, positioning NDA as savior against a "Ram-loathing, infiltrator-hugging" foe. As echoes of "Modi-Modi" fade into evening queues, the real verdict looms: will Bihar bulldoze back to the past, or roar toward NDA's promised dawn?

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