Last Updated:
PM Modi particularly attacked the Congress after the NDA sweep in Bihar, saying old Congress leaders were unhappy with Rahul Gandhi’s policies.
PM Modi addressing an event in Surat, Gujarat. (PMO)
Prime Minister Narendra Modi hailed the National Democratic Alliance’s (NDA) resounding victory in the Bihar elections, asserting that the state had rejected the poison of caste-based politics spread by the opposition parties.
Attacking the RJD-Congress alliance at a gathering at Surat Airport in Gujarat, PM Modi said, “Over the past two years, these ‘jamanati’ (bailed-out) and ‘naamdaaar’ leaders in Bihar have been spreading the poison of caste-based politics. However, the people of Bihar rejected the poison of casteism in the elections.”
He also slammed the RJD-Congress duo of repeatedly attacking Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar and the Election Commission, saying that they were spreading an atmosphere of hate. Despite this, all sections of the public unanimously voted for the NDA, he said.
“In constituencies with a strong Dalit influence – 38 seats – NDA emerged victorious in all of them. This is a huge rejection by the Dalit community of those who tried to divide them. They spread a lot of lies, but the Dalit community rejected them,” he added.
‘Muslim League Maoist Congress’
Prime Minister Modi said the people had completely rejected the ‘Muslim League Maoist Congress (MMC)’, repeating his remarks from the Bihar victory speech. He said a significant faction of old Congress leaders who had worked under Indira Gandhi and Rajiv Gandhi were deeply upset with Rahul Gandhi’s (naamdaar) antics.
“They fail to comprehend why their party lost. So they have chosen an easy excuse – sometimes they blame the EVM, sometimes they blame the Election Commission, and sometimes they target the SIR. This game of excuses may sustain them for a few days, but in the long run, their cadre will not accept it,” he added.
The PM said the young leaders of the Congress who enter the Parliament for the first time were worried about their political careers. He used this point to emphasise the importance of a ‘Viksit Bharat’.
“I know that they cannot even utter ‘Swadeshi’, ‘Atmanirbhar Bharat’, or ‘Viksit Bharat’, because their priorities are not the nation, not the people of this country. I want to tell my young friends that the youth will never accept those whose thinking cannot aim for the upliftment of youth. Therefore, friends, the results of the Bihar elections are an important milestone in India’s politics,” he added.
With 202 out of Bihar’s 243 seats, the NDA has decimated the opposition, putting up its best performance since 2010 — and Nitish Kumar will be back as the Chief Minister for the tenth time. From being the single largest party in 2020 with 75 seats, the RJD has crashed to just 25 seats, and the Congress was left with just six – one of the worst performances by the Mahagathbandhan.
Aveek Banerjee is a Senior Sub Editor at News18. Based in Noida with a Master’s in Global Studies, Aveek has more than three years of experience in digital media and news curation, specialising in international…Read More
Aveek Banerjee is a Senior Sub Editor at News18. Based in Noida with a Master’s in Global Studies, Aveek has more than three years of experience in digital media and news curation, specialising in international… Read More
Surat, India, India
November 15, 2025, 18:09 IST
Read More
