File photo: PM Modi and Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar sharing the stage at a function in Patna
Patna:
Prime Minister Narendra Modi will address a rally in Gaya in Bihar today, his second visit to the state where elections are due later this year. He will be accompanied by BJP president Amit Shah and other party leaders from Bihar.
Elaborate security arrangements have been made by the administration for the rally. Gaya District Magistrate Sanjay Kumar Agarwal said that over 2,000 police constables and 1,000 magistrates and police officers have been deployed especially on rally duty.
The security arrangements are apart from the inner circle security provided by Special Protection Group (SPG) to the Prime Minister. Traffic plan of the city has also been strengthened.
In a bid to power up his party's campaign for the Assembly elections, the Prime Minister had visited the state earlier on July 25 where he shared the stage with Chief Minister Nitish Kumar in Patna and addressed a rally in Muzaffarpur.
During his address at NDA's 'Parivartan Rally' in Muzaffarpur, PM Modi had alleged that Mr Kumar - who snapped ties with the BJP two years ago because of his legendary rivalry with him - practices "political untouchability," recalling that he had once refused to offer him dinner.
"There seems to be some problem in his DNA because the DNA of democracy is not like that. In democracy, you give respect even to your political rivals," he had said.
Mr Kumar had immediately responded, saying PM Modi had insulted all Biharis.
"The Prime Minister said there is a problem in my DNA. I'm a son of Bihar, so it is the same DNA as the people of Bihar... I leave it to the people of Bihar how they judge a person who maligns their DNA," he had tweeted.
The BJP takes on the combined might of Mr Kumar's Janata Dal United and Lalu Prasad's RJD in what is billed as the most crucial election since last year's Lok Sabha polls. The Congress and its allies have also joined hands with Nitish and Lalu.
The anti-BJP coalition is projecting Nitish Kumar as its chief ministerial candidate. The BJP has not announced one - the face of its campaign is PM Modi in a tested strategy that has paid dividend in other state elections.
Elaborate security arrangements have been made by the administration for the rally. Gaya District Magistrate Sanjay Kumar Agarwal said that over 2,000 police constables and 1,000 magistrates and police officers have been deployed especially on rally duty.
The security arrangements are apart from the inner circle security provided by Special Protection Group (SPG) to the Prime Minister. Traffic plan of the city has also been strengthened.
In a bid to power up his party's campaign for the Assembly elections, the Prime Minister had visited the state earlier on July 25 where he shared the stage with Chief Minister Nitish Kumar in Patna and addressed a rally in Muzaffarpur.
During his address at NDA's 'Parivartan Rally' in Muzaffarpur, PM Modi had alleged that Mr Kumar - who snapped ties with the BJP two years ago because of his legendary rivalry with him - practices "political untouchability," recalling that he had once refused to offer him dinner.
"There seems to be some problem in his DNA because the DNA of democracy is not like that. In democracy, you give respect even to your political rivals," he had said.
Mr Kumar had immediately responded, saying PM Modi had insulted all Biharis.
"The Prime Minister said there is a problem in my DNA. I'm a son of Bihar, so it is the same DNA as the people of Bihar... I leave it to the people of Bihar how they judge a person who maligns their DNA," he had tweeted.
The BJP takes on the combined might of Mr Kumar's Janata Dal United and Lalu Prasad's RJD in what is billed as the most crucial election since last year's Lok Sabha polls. The Congress and its allies have also joined hands with Nitish and Lalu.
The anti-BJP coalition is projecting Nitish Kumar as its chief ministerial candidate. The BJP has not announced one - the face of its campaign is PM Modi in a tested strategy that has paid dividend in other state elections.
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