India, Nov. 4 -- Union home minister Amit Shah promised to reopen all the closed sugar mills in Bihar and open new ones during his public meetings in two districts of Champaran on Tuesday. He also said that Rs.2 lakh will be deposited into the Jeevika accounts over the next five years, if the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) returns to power, and promised to enhance the PM-Kisan Samman Nidhi from Rs.6,000 to Rs.9,000 annually for small farmers.

Addressing an election rally at a government school ground at Mainatand in West Champaran district, Shah appealed to electors to "cast votes to prevent the return of 'jungle raj' that saw kidnappings, murders, atrocities."

"During the Lalu rule, more than 20 sugar mills were rendered redundant ...