Hitting the campaign trail on Saturday for the forthcoming state assembly polls, Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar attacked Prime Minister Narendra Modi for not fulfilling any of the promises made during the general election and appealed to voters to rely on a "tried and tested person."
Kumar started his poll campaign from Kalyanpur in Samastipur district seeking vote for JD(U) candidate Maheshwar Hazari.
With district chiefs of JD(U), RJD and Congress on the <g data-gr-id="13">dias</g> with him, Kumar highlighted unity among the grand secular alliance partners in seat sharing and candidate selection.
"But on the other hand, the BJP-led NDA is still battling problems among partners in <g data-gr-id="15">selection</g> of seat as well as candidates," Kumar told an election rally.
Kumar, who has been declared the CM candidate of the 'grand secular' alliance, appealed to the people "to rely on a tried and tested person (himself)."
"Rely on tried and tested person instead of looking left and right (BJP) who will cheat again like it happened during Parliamentary poll," he said. Launching a blistering attack against Modi, the face of NDA coalition in Bihar, for "forgetting poll promises", including that of providing Rs 15 lakh to Rs 20 lakh to everybody from black money and enhanced MSP to farmers.