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Patna: Bharatiya Janata Party's Hunkar Rally in Patna is a matter of honour for the friends turned foes BJP-JDU alliance as the latter snapped its 17 year old alliance with the former in June 2013 over Gujarat Chief Minister and BJP's prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi. For the BJP, Hunkar rally isn't just any other rally of their PM nominee. They are aiming at giving a befitting reply to Nitish Kumar who had during the days of his alliance with the BJP ensured that Modi is kept out of the state. "Dua dete hain jeene ki dawa dete hain marne ki," was how Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar described the souring of ties with his allies the BJP in June. Almost four months after the former friends spilt ways, the two parties are up against each other in the state. Ahead of the rally on Sunday, BJP is confident that the Modi wave will be able to sweep off the ruling government. "Narendra Modi wave will sweep Nitish Kumar away. Our leader is an answer to all the lack of development," BJP spokesperson Rajiv Pratap Rudy said. While the BJP has left no stone unturned to make Modi's rally a massive success, the JDU has filed a complained with the election commission and Income Tax department over expenditure incurred in the preparations of the rally. "Black money is being spent in the Modi's rally in Patna. I-T department should investigate it," JD U leader, KC Tyagi said. The BJP's strategy in Bihar is to project Modi as a backward caste leader and reach out to the crucial 33 per cent EBCs in the state along with their traditional 12 per cent vote bank among the upper castes. However, political analysts believe that the Godhra riots image is here to stay with Modi. "Modi cannot reinvent himself suddenly the image for him is 2002 riots," social scientist Saibal Gupta said.

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