PM's '15 Paisa' Jab At Congress In Bihar Poll Blitz, Vows More Cash For Farmers

This special report focuses on Prime Minister Narendra Modi's election campaign speech in Bihar, where he attacked the Congress on corruption and announced significant promises for farmers. Citing a former Congress Prime Minister, Modi said, 'a Congress prime minister himself had said that when one rupee is released from Delhi, it becomes 15 paise by the time it reaches the villages'. He questioned which "panja" (hand) was responsible for the pilferage. The PM highlighted that the central government provides farmers with ₹6,000 annually under the PM-Kisan Saman Nidhi scheme. He then unveiled the Bihar NDA's manifesto promise to add an extra ₹3,000 to this, taking the total annual support for farmers in the state to ₹9,000 if the alliance returns to power.