Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday claimed that people were not voting for the RJD-led opposition in Bihar as they feared that if the INDIA bloc were voted to power, the regime would put a katta (gun) to their heads.

The PM told a rally in Sitamarhi district of Bihar that the NDA was facilitating start-up enterprises, along with better education and growth in areas such as sports. Modi said, “In Bihar, there was a trend of carrying katta and telling people to ‘hands up’. But I say, in Bihar, there is no place for that anymore. Bihar needs children who dream of startups, not ‘hands up’ leaders.”