PM Modi to visit Siwan on June 20: State BJP chief
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Patna: Prime Minister Narendra Modi is scheduled to visit Siwan district on June 20 to address a rally, state BJP chief Dilip Kumar Jaiswal said here on Thursday.
"PM Modi will make another big announcements at the Siwan rally," Jaiswal told reporters at the party office.
This would be the fifth visit of PM Modi to the state after the 2024 parliamentary elections, which started from Jamui district in Dec, Bhagalpur (Feb), Madhubani (April) and Bikramganj (May).
Piqued at a recent slogan of leader of opposition in Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi that has gone viral, Jaiswal, without mentioning it, launched a blistering attack on the Congress leader.
"PM Modi has come to Bihar 51 times in the last 11 years.
His vision and hard work has made a new India, and he is a popular world leader. PM's visits have not been like that of Rahul, who goes out on a 'yatra' (tour), and in the process visits the state, before going into hibernation," Jaiswal.
He said, "Rahul comes to the state whenever it is election time, and goes around with a book of the Constitution in his hand. He, instead, should keep visiting the state throughout the five years if he has to strengthen his party, because the country needs a strong opposition."
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