PM Narendra Modi dubs Tejashwi ‘jungle raj ke yuvraj’, hints LJP not part of NDA

 As 71 seats went to polls in the first phase of Bihar polls on Wednesday, PM Narendra Modi described Tejashwi, without naming him, as “jungle raj ke yuvraj (prince of jungle raj)”, a reference to 15 years of RJD’s Lalu-Rabri rule which, he said, was marked by “loot and kidnapping”.
The PM addressed three rallies in north Bihar targeting the Grand Alliance, and especially its CM face Tejashwi Prasad Yadav. Modi clarified at each of his rallies that the Chirag Paswan-led LJP was not part of NDA. Chirag’s statements claiming that his party would form government with BJP had been confusing NDA supporters. “When I say NDA, it only means BJP, JD(U), VIP and HAM (Secular) ,” he said.
He praised Bihar CM Nitish Kumar saying he would become the CM of the NDA government “and take the state’s developmental saga to its next stage of growth, compatible with the new aspirational Bihar that has emerged after 15 years of development work done by him”.