Patna, Oct. 12 -- Bihar Chief Minister Samrat Choudhary on Monday said in a press conference that the state had been connected more strongly to the country's development stream during Prime Minister Narendra Modi's 12 years in power at the Centre.

He listed gains in housing, health, women's empowerment, bridges, airports and flood control, and said work on a flood-control plan for Bihar's rivers was under way.

Referring to Modi's swearing-in as Gujarat Chief Minister on October 7, 2001. Choudhary said that over 25 years the Prime Minister had put "nation first, citizen first" ahead of the post he held.

Choudhary said, "October 7 reminds us that the public's trust is the greatest strength in a democracy, and that the journey of public s...