Gayaji, Nov. 5 -- Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Thursday highlighted the BJP's development record and launched a sharp attack on the RJD-Congress alliance while campaigning for the second phase of Bihar Assembly elections.

"Before 2005, Bihar was gripped by crime, caste conflicts, Maoism and Naxalism. Both Bihar and Uttar Pradesh suffered from a loss of respect at the national and global levels," the Chief Minister said at the rally in Wazirganj.

"During Lalu Prasad Yadav's regime, the state witnessed over 60 caste massacres and more than 30,000 kidnappings, leaving businessmen, doctors, engineers, and the elite living in fear."Recalling that period as a "dark era of jungle raj," CM Yogi said that nearly 30-40 per cent o...