PATNA, Oct. 31 -- Prime Minister Narendra Modi in his poll rallies on Thursday targeted the Opposition parties, especially Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) and Congress, for insulting Chhathi Maiya, the deity worshipped during Bihar's most popular festival Chhath Puja. The PM added that the same Opposition also had problems with Ram Temple at Ayodhya and has been protecting foreign infiltrators for the sake of their vote-bank politics. Modi also alleged that the Congress-RJD combine stood for five 'Ks' -- 'katta' (country-made weapons lawlessness), 'kroorta' (cruelty), 'katuta' (social resentment), 'kushasan' (misgovernance) and corruption. Addressing two election rallies at Muzaffarpur and Chhapra on Thursday, PM was responding to Congress leader Rahul Gandhi's allegations a day earlier that PM Modi had tried to enact a "drama" by planning to take a dip in the Yamuna on the occasion of Chhath Puja, but it was shelved after it was exposed that a puddle had been created with clean water since the river was filthy. Gandhi had alleged that the PM would do "anything for votes, even dance". "This is my first tour of Bihar after Chhath Puja, which is now famous world over. The festival stands not just for devotion but also for equality, a reason why my government is trying to get a UNESCO heritage tag for this festival," he said. "I listen to Chhath songs while travelling. I was once moved to listen to one of these songs rendered by a girl from Nagaland. But while this son of yours is busy ensuring that Chhath gets the honour that is its due, the Congress-RJD people are heaping scorn on the festival, calling it a drama, a nautanki," he added, without mentioning any leader by name. Gandhi had alleged that the PM would do "anything for votes, even dance". Attacking the Opposition, the PM said , "Look at the depths to which these people can stoop while seeking votes. This is an insult to the festival of Chhath that Bihar will not forget for centuries." Modi, who devoted good part of his speech on Chhath festival, announced that the Centre will organise a public competition to encourage newer artists and songs on Chhath as part of a national initiative to include Chhath Mahaparva on the UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage List and to promote the festival's heritage and history. The Prime Minister said the public will decide the competition winner, and the winners will be recognised just before next year's Chhath festival. He recalled the contempt Congress had for the people of Bihar. "One of their leaders, while holding the post of Punjab CM, had declared at a public rally that Biharis should be driven away. And the daughter of a big family in the Congress, who is now sitting in the Parliament, giggled and clapped," he said while referring to an incident involving former Punjab CM Charanjit Singh Channi and Wayanad MP Priyanka Gandhi Vadra. "They always have a problem with our cultural heritage. Their leaders can take time off to go abroad on tours. But you may have never seen them visiting the Ram Temple at Ayodhya, which was constructed after a struggle that lasted for 500 years," he said. Urging the people to repose their faith in the "Narendra-Nitish" combine, an obvious reference to the JD(U) president, the PM said, "The INDIA bloc, the RJD-Congress, are capable of nothing except politics of appeasement and vote bank, for which they are protecting infiltrators," a statement which is seen as an oblique reference to the opposition's stance against Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls. To justify the Jungle Raj narrative used for the RJD-Congress combine, the PM described the Congress-RJD combine stood for five 'Ks' -- 'katta' (country-made weapons lawlessness), 'kroorta' (cruelty), 'katuta' (social resentment), 'kushasan' (misgovernance) and corruption. "See what type of songs are being played at the rallies of RJD. These speak of 'katta', 'chhura' (dagger), 'dunaali' (double-barrelled guns), and kidnapping of sisters and daughters." Modi claimed 35,000-40,000 abductions took place during the RJD regime in the state, and "goons used to loot vehicle showrooms", an indirect reference to the wedding of Misa Bharti, the eldest daughter of former Chief Minister Rabri Devi, who is currently the MP from Patliputra. "The NDA, on the other hand, stands for preserving and honouring cultural heritage and ensuring all-round development of all states, including Bihar," asserted the PM, who began his speech by making the crowds chant 'phir ek baar NDA sarkar' and 'phir ek baar susashan sarkar' (NDA government once again, good governance once again). "Your parents voted for ending 'jungle raj', you have to vote for a prosperous Bihar," he appealed to the young voters. There are approximately 1.4 million first time voters in Bihar. The PM also took a dig at the Mahagathbandhan manifesto released a couple of days back. "RJD-Congress manifesto is in fact a rate chart, their promises are for 'rangdari', ransom, corruption, loot," he alleged. Referring to the land for jobs scam, in which the INDIA bloc's CM candidate Tejashwi Yadav has been named as an accused, Modi asked, "Can those who have looted railways, develop connectivity in the state?" The PM also made a mention of the Golu kidnapping and murder case of 2001, involving the eight-year-old son of a bank employee in Muzaffarpur, which had remained in headlines. He alleged that during the RJD regime, the Bihar CM's Office had turned into a haven for mafias and also reminded people of "the wife of an IAS officer writing to the then governor of Bihar that she has been raped by leaders of the ruling party."...