Patna: Poll-bound Bihar found itself in the throes of a blitzkrieg from the ruling NDA on Friday when Prime Minister Narendra Modi led the charge with back-to-back rallies in Samastipur and Begusarai, where he urged voters to reward the BJP-led coalition with a “record-breaking” victory.

Elsewhere in the state, Union Home Minister Amit Shah addressed rallies in Siwan and Buxar, while BJP president J P Nadda interacted with intellectuals in Vaishali, on a day when Union minister Shivraj Singh Choudhan also held election meetings in Gopalganj and Darbhanga.

RJD leader Tejashwi Yadav, who was a day ago named the INDIA bloc’s chief ministerial candidate, also fired on all cylinders, hitting the campaign trail after a week spent indoors distributing party tickets and sorting out differences w

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