India, Nov. 6 -- Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday attacked the Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD)-Congress combine, accusing them of protecting infiltrators and stalling the progress, as he compared the work done in Bihar until and after 2005. He asked people to vote to strengthen Bihar.

Modi, who accused RJD and Congress of having a soft corner for infiltrators, dislike for Lord Ram because of the vote bank, addressed election rallies in Araria and Bhagalpur, coinciding with the first phase of the assembly polls.

Modi called the RJD an epitome of jungle raj (lawlessness). He said the Congress's dictionary does not have words such as swadeshi (indigenous) and atmanirbhar (self-reliance). "What enmity do they have with the poor who have ...