Congress and the RJD leaders have insulted ‘Chhathi Maiya’ for votes, asserted Prime Minister Narendra Modi this morning, evoking the local sentiments, as he tore into the Mahagathbandhan barely a week ahead of the Bihar assembly elections 2025.
The pointed remarks were in response to Leader of Opposition Rahul Gandhi’s attack that the PM was doing “drama” over Chhath Puja, the most widely celebrated festival in Bihar, during which prayers are offered to Hindu goddess Chhathi Maata, or Maiya, as is said in the local dialect.


