Petroleum and natural gas minister Dharmendra Pradhan said on Thursday that improvement of Bihar’s power and agriculture scenario and the revival of its existing Barauni industrial hub are high on the agenda of PM Narendra Modi, which would be reflected during his one-day visit to the state on July 25.
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Ramesh said it was the NDA which is yet to declare its candidate for the top post, and has announced it would contest the Bihar polls under the leadership of Modi.
Stating that the attack could be similar to Rajiv Gandhi’s assassination by the LTTE in 1991, the IB alert has specified that well trained women Maoists may be used as a human bomb to target the prime minister during the visit, the official added.
On the contrary, Tyagi charged, Modi had not done anything on the promises he had made to the people of state during his Lok Sabha election campaign in 2014.
“Intelligence reports said the suicide bomber may target Modi disguised as a mediaperson, police official, electrician, an organizer, caterer or laborer”, said officials.
Even the land for the new IIT campus Modi will inaugurate in Bihar was provided by Kumar when Arjun Singh was the HRD Minister during UPA-I. “Prime Minister will lay the foundation stone of the Jagdishpur-Haldia gas pipeline in Patna on July 25 that will also provide the gas connectivity to the Barouni fertiliser plant”, a source said.
Modi is scheduled to visit Patna, the state capital of Bihar, on Saturday and address a rally at Muzaffarpur district there.
Though Modi’s security is looked after by the Special Protection Group, the Bihar government has directed senior officials to make special security arrangements for his rally, the official said.
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It may be recalled that Modi’s rally at Gandhi Maidan in Patna was rocked by serial bomb blasts on October 27, 2013.
