Patna, Oct. 25 -- Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday launched the National Democratic Alliance's (NDA) poll campaign in Bihar with back-to-back rallies in Samastipur and Begusarai districts, likening the Opposition to a coalition of thugs led by "people out on bail" and predicting a record-breaking victory for the ruling dispensation.

In Samastipur's Karpoorigram, the ancestral home of Bharat Ratna socialist icon Karpoori Thakur, Modi alleged the Rashtriya Janata Dal and Congress had "wasted a lot of Bihar's money and precious time", drew a contrast between a "fractious" INDIA bloc and the "cohesive" NDA, and made an outreach to young voters.

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