Bihar Election 2020: Political Temperature Set To Soar As PM Modi & Rahul Gandhi’s Rallies Lined Up For The Day

As election campaigning is in its final week in Bihar, Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Rahul Gandhi will be upping the ante with their public rallies in the politically charged state.

Bihar Election 2020: Bihar will be bustling with political campaigns today as the country’s topmost leaders will begin their rallies in the poll-bound state. As election campaigning is in its final week in Bihar, Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Rahul Gandhi will be upping the ante with their public rallies in the politically charged state. Prime Minister Modi will be holding three rallies at Sasaram, Gaya and Bhagalpur - to seek votes for the National Democratic Alliance while Rahul Gandhi will be addressing two rallies at Hisua in Nawada and Kahalgaon in Bhagalpur district and will seek votes for the Grand Alliance. Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar will join Modi at the rallies in Sasaram and Bhagalpur. In Gaya, JD(U) leader in the Lok Sabha Rajiv Ranjan Singh Lallan will share the dais with Modi along with former chief minister and president of Hindustani Awam Morcha Jitan Ram Manjhi. Tejashwi Yadav, the chief ministerial face of the Mahagathbandhan, is likely to join the Congress leader at Hisua, where Congress nominee Neetu Singh is taking on sitting BJP MLA Anil Singh. Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman released the party's manifesto on Thursday, including the promise of the free vaccines for residents of the state. The saffron party has  fielded its star leaders including union ministers Rajnath Singh, BJP president J P Nadda and Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath for its campaigning. Congress slams BJP’s poll promise of free vaccine Congress leader Rahul Gandhi took a swipe at the BJP, saying one has to refer to the state-wise election schedule to know when one will have access to the vaccine. Congress leader Shashi Tharoor also tweeted a video of Union minister Nirmala Sitharaman, saying, "You give me vote, I will give you vaccine...What appalling cynicism! Will the EC rap her and her shameless Government on the knuckles?"