PM Modi likely to visit poll-bound Bihar again on May 4

Prime Minister Narendra Modi to visit Bihar on May 4, inaugurating Khelo India Youth Games and development projects.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi is likely to visit Bihar again on May 4, second time in 10 days in the poll-bound State. Mr. Modi was in Jhanjharpur in Madhubani district on April 24, where he declared that those behind the Pahalgam terror attack would be punished “beyond their imagination”. He had also visited Bhagalpur in the State, on February 24, and addressed a public rally.

On May 4, Mr. Modi is scheduled to inaugurate Khelo India Youth Games 2025 at Patliputra Sports Complex in Patna. State BJP leaders said the PM would also inaugurate several development projects during his one-day visit.

Around 10,000 athletes and technical staffs from across the country would take part in 28 disciplines in the sporting event to be held at five places — Patna, Gaya, Rajgir, Bhagalpur and Begusarai. Shooting, track cycling and gymnastic events will be held in Delhi. A central command and control centre has been set up at Patliputra Sports Complex, which will serve as the operational hub for the games.

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Ahead of Mr. Modi’s likely visit on May 4, Chief Minister Nitish Kumar visited the Patliputra Sports Complex on Sunday (April 27) to review the preparations for the mega event. The Director General of Bihar State Sports Authority and CEO Raveendran Sankaran and other officials had accompanied him.

Earlier, on April 24, two days after the terror attack in Pahalgam in Jammu and Kashmir in which 26 people were killed, the Prime Minister visited Jhanjharpur in Madhubani district of North Bihar. At an event, he vowed that the “terrorists and their backers would be punished beyond their imagination” as the gathering cheered, “Modi...Modi...”.

At the Madhubani event, Mr. Nitish Kumar eulogized the PM’s contributions towards Bihar’s development while claiming that his party colleague and Union Minister Rajeev Ranjan Singh alias Lalan Singh was the reason his party, Janata Dal (United), made a political U-Turn against the BJP twice in the past. He said that “under your (Mr. Modi’s) leadership, Bihar is developing fast” and assured that his party would not make any political U-turn again.