Bihar: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday addressed a massive public rally in Bettiah, West Champaran, where he projected the election as a battle between “development and jungle raj.”

The rally came amid record voter turnout in the first phase of the Bihar Assembly polls, which NDA leaders hailed as a sign of growing support for the ruling coalition.

Speaking at the rally, Prime Minister Modi invoked history to underline his political message, saying, Vande Mataram was broken into pieces in 1937—it sowed the seeds of partition.

He urged voters to reject “katta sarkar” (the gun-wielding regime), in a clear swipe at the RJD-led alliance, and to stand with those ensuring peace and progress.

After PM Modi’s rally, Former Union Minister Sadhvi Niranjan Jyoti, speaking to IANS, echoe

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