Patna rally: Punish Nitish Kumar as he has betrayed people of Bihar, says Narendra Modi

”One who shunned Jaiprakash, why can't he leave BJP. He fought all his life to free the nation from the Congress and the one who claims to be Lohia's disciple has stabbed him in his back and is now playing hide and seek with Congress. Whether his followers will forgive him or not, the souls of Lohia and JP will never forgive his deeds,” Modi said addressing a mammoth public meeting here at the Gandhi Maidan.

Just minutes before he spoke, six serial bomb blasts rocked the venue of the BJP Prime Ministerial candidate's rally, leaving at least five dead and 66 injured. Modi did not refer to the blasts in his speech but appealed to his followers to reach home safety.

Without taking Nitish's name and referring to him derisively as “friend”, the Gujarat Chief Minister attacked Nitish for not allowing him to campaign in Bihar in the last assembly polls and said he had accepted the “humiliation” for the sake of not allowing “Jungle Raj” in Bihar again.