Patna, March 31 -- Union home minister Amit Shah on Sunday sounded the poll bugle for the Bihar assembly elections due later this year, addressing a public rally at Gopalganj - the home district of RJD chief Lalu Prasad - and later holding a key meeting of ruling National Democratic Alliance (NDA) partners at chief minister Nitish Kumar's residence.
Addressing the rally in Gopalganj, on the second day of his visit to the poll-bound state, Shah urged the people to strengthen the hands of Prime Minister Narendra Modi by voting the Bharatiya Janata Party-led NDA back to power and singled out Lalu Prasad and his family for "halting" Bihar's development.
He added that if the NDA returns to power after the assembly polls scheduled for October-N...