India, Nov. 4 -- Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday accused the RJD of stalling development projects in Bihar by putting pressure on the Congress-led UPA government at the center to "avenge" its ouster from power in the state in 2005.

"The RJD was sharing power at the Centre when it was voted out of power in Bihar in 2005. Projects like the Kosi Mahasetu had been sanctioned by the Atal Bihari Vajpayee Government. So enraged was the RJD by Nitish Kumar forming a new Government in the State that it put pressure on Manmohan Singh and Sonia Gandhi and stalled all such projects in Bihar," he alleged.

He also claimed the INDIA bloc's CM candidate, Tejashwi Yadav, was trying to "hide the sins" of his father, Lalu Prasad, relegating his pic...