As Bihar gears up for a high-stakes political battle between the NDA and the INDIA bloc, Prime Minister Narendra Modi will begin the election campaign for the Bharatiya Janata Party in the state on Friday by paying floral tributes in Samastipur, the birthplace of Bharat Ratna late Karpoori Thakur.

Prime Minister Modi is also set to address two massive public rallies in the poll-bound state, starting with one in Samastipur at 12:15 p.m. and the other in Begusarai at 2 p.m.

Karpoori Thakur, who served as the Chief Minister of Bihar in the 1970s, was awarded the Bharat Ratna, the highest civilian honour, this year by the Narendra Modi-led NDA government.

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These rallies by PM Modi assume significant events in the BJP's election campaign in Bihar for the up

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