New Delhi, Oct. 24 -- Prime Minister Narendra Modi will launch his party's Bihar election campaign today from Samastipur. The Prime Minister will address a public meeting at Dudhpoora Helipad Grounds in Samastipur, 90 km from Patna.

PM Modi will also pay tribute to the birthplace of socialist icon and former Bihar chief minister Karpoori Thakur in Samastipur before addressing the rally in the afternoon. Thakur was conferred the Bharat Ratna in 2024 by the Bharatiya Janata Party-led National Democratic Alliance (NDA) government.

Samastipur is significant since the BJP has long been attempting to co-opt Karpoori Thakur's socialist legacy. Thakur's paternal village, Karpoori Gram, named after him following his death in 1988, is barely a fe...