"The people of Bihar shiver even today at mere mention of the days of 'jungle raj' during the RJD rule...Nitish Kumar may have forgotten those days of horror and gone back to the RJD supremo Lalu Prasad and Congress for lust for power, but the electorate of the state have definitely not forgotten," he alleged in a statement.
Recounting the days of the RJD rule, Modi said that people have not forgotten that kidnapping had "become an industry" in Bihar when criminals drove in luxury vehicles brandishing guns and looting vehicles from showrooms.
The villages in rural areas witnessed silence akin to that of graveyards by evening and doctors, engineers, businessmen were made to flee from Bihar. So bad were those days of 'jungle raj! Modi claaimed.
The "crime and misrule" in Bihar had attained "dizzying heights" and it had become a "shame" to call oneself a Bihari, forcing people to hide their identity, Modi said, and asked the Chief Minister whether he wanted return of those old days.
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