Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday claimed that the Congress had been unwilling to accept Tejashwi Yadav as the INDIA bloc’s chief ministerial candidate and agreed only after the RJD pointed a “katta” (a country-made pistol) at its head.

Addressing a rally at Arrah in Bihar’s Bhojpur district, the Prime Minister targeted the RJD’s alleged strong-arm tactics and its uneasy ties with alliance partners. “They have learnt their lessons in the school of ‘jungle raj’. Such elements can never do good for Bihar. After the elections, the two parties will be after each other’s throats,” he said.

Modi took strong exception to remarks mocking his faith in Chhath and asked voters to give a fitting reply to those who insulted the festival. “These same parties had mocked the Ram Mandir,” he said, a

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