Shah in Bihar on Saturday, Nitish and Tejashwi to also hold rally
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Feb 25, 2023 10:52
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Bihar is bracing for some political sabre-rattling on Saturday as Union Home Minister Amit Shah will address BJP supporters at two places, while Chief Minister Nitish Kumar and his deputy Tejashwi Yadav will hold a joint rally of the 'Mahagathbandhan'.
Shah, the BJP's veritable principal strategist, will begin his tour of the state with a public meeting in Balmiki Nagar Lok Sabha constituency, a party stronghold that was given away to the chief minister's JD(U) in 2019 as part of seat-sharing arrangements.
The function, scheduled around noon, would coincide with the 'Mahagathbandhan' rally at Purnea, more than 400 km away, where the septuagenarian CM and his 33-year-old deputy will be joined by smaller allies like the Congress and the Left in display of the state's own version of a 'united opposition' which Kumar, in particular, believes is the way forward to take on the mighty BJP in next year's Lok Sabha polls.
