PM Modi launches scathing attack on Nitish Kumar to kickstart BJP poll campaign in Bihar

Addressing a 'Parivartan rally' in North Bihar's Muzaffarpur, Modi said there was something wrong in Nitish Kumar's "political DNA" as he ditched "friends".

"I was hurt when he withdrew his support. But when he did the same thing to a Mahadalit like Jitan Manjhi, then I figured out there is something wrong in his political DNA," Modi said in a remark referring to events following the JD(U)'s split with the BJP in 2013.

Modi alleged that  Kumar broke up with him ahead of the Lok Sabha elections for personal gain.

"If you hated me so much you could have come into my room and slapped me. Or strangled me. For that you jeopardised the development of the entire state," he said.

The JD(U) and the BJP were alliance partners for 15 years till they split ahead of the Lok Sabha elections over the projection of Modi as prime ministerial candidate.

The PM also slammed Rashtriya Janata Dal chief Lalu Prasad saying his party stood for 'Rozana Jungle raj ka Dar ( Daily fear of jungle raj).

Modi's BJP tries to capture power in Bihar  in the Assembly elections, due by October this year, by dislodging the Janata Dal(U) government, headed by Nitish Kumar. The NDA in Bihar is pitted against a combina

The JD (U) has combined with Lalu Prasad's RJD and the Congress to resist the BJP.

Other parties of the Janata parivar and the Aam Aadmi Party are backing them to make a "grand secular alliance."

The Prime Minister repeated his promise of special package he made earlier in the day.

"I had promised a Rs 50,000 special package for Bihar. I can't announce it now as the Parliament is in session. As soon as the session ends I will announce it," he said.

The rally was attended by top BJP leaders in state and its allies Ramvilas Paswan of Lok Janshakti Party, Upendra Kushwaha of Rashtriya Lok Samata Party and Jitan Ram Manjhi  of Hindustani Awam Morcha-Secular.