PM Modi lays foundation stone for AIIMS in Darbhanga, highlights government's holistic healthcare approach

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday showered accolades on Bihar Chief MinisterBihar Chief MinisterBihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar, praising the alliance partner for bringing in good governance in a state which was previously reeling under “jungle raj".

Modi made a veiled attack on the Congress-RJD combine—without mentioning it by name—at a function in Darbhanga, a town in north Bihar, where he laid the foundation stone for an AIIMS and inaugurated projects worth more than Rs 12,000 crore.

In the course of his address, which lasted around 40 minutes, the Prime Minister referred to Kumar, whose JD(U) played a crucial role in enabling the NDA’s return to power in the parliamentary elections earlier this year, as “lokpriya mukhyamantri" (popular chief minister).