Overview
- Union Cabinet approvals include doubling the 177‑km Bhagalpur–Dumka–Rampurhat railway line and building an 82‑km four‑lane Mokama–Munger section, pegged at about ₹3,169 crore and roughly ₹4,500 crore respectively.
- Piyush Goyal said the projects will ease transport in Bihar and showcased them as part of the NDA’s development push under Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Chief Minister Nitish Kumar.
- He asserted the NDA will return to power in the upcoming Assembly election under Nitish Kumar’s leadership.
- Goyal said the Patna metro is likely to start before the polls, presenting the timeline as part of the coalition’s urban mobility agenda.
- Highlighting central schemes, he credited Modi‑era welfare and recent GST changes with lifting living standards, while attacking the RJD and Congress over past governance and recent rhetoric.