BJP claims it's set for big victory, to have more PM rallies

October 17, 2015 19:29

BJP today claimed NDA will win a big majority in Bihar polls, asserting that it will bag between 55-65 seats out of 81 which have gone to polls in the first two phases amid claims by grand alliance leaders that they had so far got the better of the saffron combine.

Describing Prime Minister Narendra Modi as their "biggest advantage" against the JD-U-RJD-Congress alliance, a top BJP leader said Modi will hold 13 more rallies in the state, rejecting reports that the party had cancelled some of his rallies to shift focus from him, a point also made by disgruntled party MP Shatrughan Sinha.

Amid a lull of 12 days due to Durga Puja before the third phase of polling is held on November 28, the party leader said the NDA will lead the grand alliance of Nitish Kumar and Lalu Prasad by a big margin in the next phase and "sweep" the fourth phase, scheduled for November 1.

"Reports of Modiji's rallies being cancelled are totally misleading. No rally has been cancelled. We had announced that the Prime Minister will address 20 rallies in Bihar and he will be holding a total of 22 rallies, including 13 more," he said, adding that Modi will address four rallies each in the third and fourth phase and another five in the last phase. Party chief Amit Shah has held 29 rallies and will address 18-20 more.

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