Patna: Union Home Minister Amit Shah will visit poll-bound Bihar on a three-day tour from October 16, state BJP president Dilip Jaiswal said on Monday.

Addressing a press conference, Jaiswal said Shah will stay in the state till October 18, a period during which filing of nomination papers and campaign is likely to pick up momentum.

“By tomorrow, hopefully, candidates for all five constituents of the NDA will be announced. Over the course of the next four days, filing of nomination papers will be complete for all the 243 seats in the state assembly,” he said.

Jaiswal said several top BJP leaders, including chief ministers of about a dozen states and Union ministers, are likely to visit the state to “boost the morale of the NDA candidates” at the time of filing of nomination papers.

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