PATNA, June 20 -- Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday said that the Congress and the RJD had hurt the pride of Bihar and kept the state poor "due to mafia raj, goonda raj and corruption" despite zealously announced slogan 'Garibi Hatao' being there for generations. But the state, he said, was now set for a development leap.

The PM was speaking at Siwan after laying the foundation stone and inaugurating multiple development projects worth Rs.11,000 crore, which include new Vaishali-Deoria railway line with a new train service on the route and another Vande Bharat Express between Pataliputra and Gorakhpur via Muzaffarpur and Bettiah. He also flagged off a state-of-the-art locomotive -- the first built at Marhowra plant for export to the...