PM likely to visit state by month-end: Jaiswal
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Patna: Prime Minister Narendra Modi is likely to address a public meeting in Rohtas district in the last week of May, BJP state president Dilip Jaiswal said on Sunday. The visit would come a month after his April 24 meeting on National Panchayati Raj Day in Madhubani, where, during his address, PM Modi had vowed to avenge the Pahalgam terrorist attack.Jaiswal said he held a review meeting with the party's office-bearers at the proposed venue at Bikramganj in Rohtas on Saturday, even as Ara in Bhojpur district is also being considered as the second choice.
The Rohtas district administration will assess arrangements regarding parking and traffic issues before the PMO finalises the meeting place, Jaiswal told this reporter. "The date of the PM's visit will be finalised in the next four-five days, but more than two lakh people not only from Rohtas but also from the adjoining districts of Aurangabad, Buxar, Bhojpur and Kaimur are expected to attend the PM's rally," Jaiswal said.The selection of Shahabad region for the PM's meeting is seen as the BJP move to strengthen its base in the area before the coming assembly election due in Oct-Nov. The NDA had performed badly and lost all four Lok Sabha seats in this region, comprising Bhojpur, Buxar, Rohtas and Kaimur districts, besides parts of Aurangabad district, in the 2024 general elections. The NDA performance was equally bad in this region in the 2020 assembly elections. This year, PM Modi has addressed public meetings in Bhagalpur in Feb and Darbhanga in March before his April 24 meeting in Madhubani. The BJP and JD(U) are leaving no stone unturned to meet the target of "225 in 2025 and Phir se Nitish" in the coming elections. The NDA is also cautious as in the 2020 elections, RJD emerged as the single largest party and its Grand Alliance fell just 12 seats short of the halfway mark in the 243-member Bihar assembly.
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