Video: Watch PM stopping crowd from chanting Modi, Modi during Nitish Kumar speech in Bihar

March 12, 2016, NewsCrunch

Modi struck a surprising friendship with his arch foe Bihar CM Nitish Kumar on Saturday and even stopped a noisy crowd from chanting Modi, Modi.

Modi had gone to Hajipur to inaugurate the newly constructed Digha-Sonepur railway bridge.

After Nitish began his speech, the crowd started chanting Modi, Modi, interrupting his speech. Though Nitish carried on, an ANI video shows Modi stepping forward to shush the crowd by waving his hands. Taking cue the crowd falls silent.

Nitish reciprocated the gesture with a warm speech urging Modi to "keep visiting" the state. Modi, when he spoke, appreciated Nitish’s efforts in taking forward Centre's rural electrification scheme in Bihar.

It was Modi’s first visit to Bihar after BJP’s electoral debacle in the last election. His surprising bonhomie with Nitish may not go down well with RJD, whose leader lalu Prasad Yadav had not been invited to the inauguration function.