Bihar: Why controversial comments during elections?

Entire Bihar and the party is missing Lalu Prasad Yadav in the Bihar assembly elections this time. We keep his picture in every photograph: RJD's Rabri Devi.
Nityanand Rai has courted controversy for saying "if the Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) wins the upcoming Assembly election in Bihar, Kashmiri militants will take shelter in the state.” He made the statement while addressing a rally in Vaishali's Mahanar constituency.