India, Nov. 8 -- Union home minister Amit Shah on Saturday invoked Goddess Sita during his rally in Purnea for the second phase of assembly polls in Bihar. Shah, while addressing the rally, announced that he, along with Bihar chief minister Nitish Kumar, laid the foundation stone of a grand temple of Goddess Sita, worth Rs.850 crores, which is underway to be built in Sitamarhi.

Amit Shah, while targeting the Mahagathbandhan leaders, said, "Can Rahul Gandhi and Lalu Prasad Yadav build a Sita Mata temple?... They are afraid of their vote bank... Do you know who their vote bank is?... But Rahul Baba, we are not afraid of that vote bank. A grand temple for Sita Mata is about to be built..."

Prime Minister Narendra Modi also attended an elec...