Patna: Barring Left leaders, politicians of all hues in Bihar are hiring private helicopters to reach out to voters across the sprawling state of nearly 105 million people. This is a far cry from the times when most political leaders, barring those at the very top, used rail and road traffic to connect to voters and to campaign.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) president Amit Shah and nearly a dozen union ministers from Bihar who are the star campaigners for the BJP-led alliance are hopping from one place to another in helicopters.
And so are the key campaigners of the "Grand Alliance" of the Janata Dal-United (JD-U), the Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) and the Congress including Chief Minister Nitish Kumar, Lalu Prasad and Sonia Gandhi.
Nitish Kumar addresses four to five rallies every day, helicopters for him being hired by his party. Lalu Prasad speaks at five to six public meetings each day.
Their rivals, including leaders of the Lok Janshakti Party (LJP), the Rashtriya Lok Samata Party (RLSP) and the Hindustani Awam Morcha (HAM), were the first to use helicopters in August and September, even before the assembly polls were formally announced, to attend Modi's rallies in Gaya, Muzaffarpur, Saharsa and Bhagalpur.
05/10/15 IANS/Times of India
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Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) president Amit Shah and nearly a dozen union ministers from Bihar who are the star campaigners for the BJP-led alliance are hopping from one place to another in helicopters.
And so are the key campaigners of the "Grand Alliance" of the Janata Dal-United (JD-U), the Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) and the Congress including Chief Minister Nitish Kumar, Lalu Prasad and Sonia Gandhi.
Nitish Kumar addresses four to five rallies every day, helicopters for him being hired by his party. Lalu Prasad speaks at five to six public meetings each day.
Their rivals, including leaders of the Lok Janshakti Party (LJP), the Rashtriya Lok Samata Party (RLSP) and the Hindustani Awam Morcha (HAM), were the first to use helicopters in August and September, even before the assembly polls were formally announced, to attend Modi's rallies in Gaya, Muzaffarpur, Saharsa and Bhagalpur.
05/10/15 IANS/Times of India
