Modi Anchors Bihar Push with Rs 40,000-Crore Projects and Maintains Hard Line on Infiltrators
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced the creation of a National Makhana Board, fulfilling a long-standing promise to a state that produces 90% of India’s fox nuts, and flagged off new trains and an airport terminal designed to pull the Seemanchal region onto the national grid.
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| Indian PM Modi with key alliance leaders in Bihar |
Congratulations to the people of Purnea and surrounding areas on the new airport terminal building, which will boost commerce, connectivity and tourism. pic.twitter.com/S2omZqmmaj
— Narendra Modi (@narendramodi) September 15, 2025
At the launch event in Purnea, Modi framed the projects--spanning railways, aviation, power, irrigation and housing--as part of his “guarantee” of development for Bihar’s poorest.
The ₹40,000 crore package includes a 2,400 MW thermal power plant in Bhagalpur, the Kosi–Mechi river link project, and new rail lines linking Araria, Galgalia and Kataria, alongside Vande Bharat and Amrit Bharat trains.
RJD के दौर में बिहार की हमारी माताएं-बहनें और बेटियां हत्या, बलात्कार और फिरौती जैसे अपराधों की भुक्तभोगी रही थीं। आज डबल इंजन सरकार में वे लखपति दीदी, ड्रोन दीदी और जीविका दीदी बनकर सशक्त हो रही हैं। pic.twitter.com/v0OJggoGOf
— Narendra Modi (@narendramodi) September 15, 2025
A new airport terminal, built in under five months, put Purnea “on India’s aviation map” with direct connectivity to major cities.
He also used the platform to sharpen his attack on opponents, accusing Congress and RJD of decades of misrule, corruption and neglect of eastern Bihar.
घुसपैठियों पर कार्रवाई जरूर होगी और बिहार सहित पूरा देश इसके अच्छे परिणाम भी देखेगा- ये मोदी की गारंटी है! pic.twitter.com/xRTwAlwjrV
— Narendra Modi (@narendramodi) September 15, 2025
Referring to recent social media remarks likening Bihar to a “bidi,” Modi said the opposition “cannot digest Bihar’s progress” as the state witnesses mega investments and exports of Made-in-Bihar locomotives.
The speech carried a strong political edge. Modi warned that illegal infiltration had triggered a “demographic crisis” across eastern India and vowed that “every single infiltrator will have to leave.”
He challenged parties defending migrants for “vote-bank politics,” declaring that Indian law—not “the whims of infiltrators”--would prevail.
एनडीए सरकार में आज बिहार जहां हर क्षेत्र में विकास के नए कीर्तिमान बनाने में जुटा है, वहीं कांग्रेस-आरजेडी ने अपने नफरती एजेंडे के साथ एक बार फिर बिहार को बदनाम करने की ठान ली है। pic.twitter.com/CnzO9Afh1U
— Narendra Modi (@narendramodi) September 15, 2025
Women, he said, had played the most decisive role in rejecting the RJD era of “killings, rapes and kidnappings.” Under the NDA, they had become “Lakhpati Didis” and “Drone Didis” through self-help groups.
बिहार के मेरे किसान भाई-बहनों के लिए मखाने की खेती आय का एक महत्वपूर्ण जरिया है। राष्ट्रीय मखाना बोर्ड इस दिशा में बहुत मददगार साबित होने वाला है। pic.twitter.com/xO3stcVZID
— Narendra Modi (@narendramodi) September 15, 2025
Modi announced the release of ₹500 crore in Community Investment Funds to support women-led enterprises, underscoring their role in Bihar’s transformation.
Linking development with relief for household budgets, Modi said GST on daily-use items would be cut nationwide from September 22, the start of Navratri.
The move, he claimed, would lower costs for kitchen staples, children’s stationery, clothes and shoes--timed for Diwali and Chhath.
बिहार के चौतरफा विकास के लिए सीमांचल का विकास जरूरी है। इसी विजन के साथ आज पूर्णिया एयरपोर्ट की टर्मिनल बिल्डिंग के शुभारंभ के साथ ही राज्य की कनेक्टिविटी को एक नया विस्तार दिया गया है। pic.twitter.com/7cTQ9CVwAm
— Narendra Modi (@narendramodi) September 15, 2025
Closing on a symbolic note, he linked Bihar’s legacy in the freedom struggle with its contribution to “Operation Sindoor,” claiming that Purnea once again showed India’s enemies its strength.