Siwan (Bihar), Jun 20 (PTI) In a style that has now become characteristic of his visits in Bihar, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday reached the venue of his function in Siwan district in an open vehicle.
The PM was flanked by Chief Minister Nitish Kumar, an alliance partner, and Deputy CMs Samrat Choudhary and Vijay Kumar Sinha, both BJP lieutenants, in an obvious show of solidarity within the NDA, which faces crucial assembly polls in a few months.
The vehicle was painted in saffron, a colour that has become emblematic of the BJP, and bedecked with flowers, and crowds erupted in chants of “Modi! Modi!” as the leader reached the venue, waving at the people and greeting them with folded hands.
Notably, in the recent past, the PM had reached venues of his functions in Bihar, perched atop an open vehicle, on at least two occasions.
The first occasion was in Bhagalpur, which Modi visited in February. Last month, when he addressed a rally in Rohtas district, the PM again reached the venue in the same style.
The sole exception, in recent times, was Madhubani, from where he had famously declared that perpetrators of the Pahalgam terror attack will be “chased to the end of the earth and given a punishment that would be beyond what they could imagine”.
State BJP leaders had said that since the Madhubani visit came close on the heels of the Pahalgam attack, it was decided that the PM’s entry not be made to appear grandiose. PTI NAC — BDC
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