Patna (Bihar) [India], April 26 (ANI): The Rashtriya Janata Dal on Saturday put up posters in Patna, Bihar, criticising Prime Minister Narendra Modi's recent Bihar visit, saying that while the country mourns, the PM is taking out an election rally, referencing the recent deadly Pahalgam attack.

The posters, put up by RJD member Sanju Kohli, written in Hindi, said, 'On one side the country mourns, on the other side there is a rally. The people will remember everything.'

The poster also took a sarcastic jibe that the PM should take action against the terrorists as the whole country is behind him, along with pictures of PM Modi sitting down with Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar, contrasting it with a candlelight march taken out condemning the Pahalgam attack.

Earlier on April 24, PM Modi while addressing a public gather at Bihar's Madhubani, PM Modi highlighted the profound loss suffered by families, where some lost their sons, brothers, or life partners, noting that the victims came from diverse linguistic and regional backgrounds--some spoke Bengali, Kannada, Marathi, Odia, Gujarati, and some were from Bihar.

'The terrorists responsible for this attack, along with those who conspired it, will face punishment beyond their imagination', the Prime Minister said, asserting that the time has come to eliminate the remaining strongholds of terrorism. 'The willpower of 140 crore Indians will now break the backbone of the perpetrators of terror,' he stressed.

'Peace and security are the most critical prerequisites for rapid development', PM Modi said, remarking that a developed Bihar is essential for a developed India.

As many as 26 people were killed in the dastardly attack by terrorists on tourists in Pahalgam in Jammu and Kashmir on Tuesday. This is the deadliest attack in the region since the 2019 Pulwama strike, in which 40 CRPF jawans were killed.

Since the attack, India has taken multiple diplomatic steps such as holding the Indus Water Treaty in abeyance, reducing the strength of the Pakistan High Commission in the country by declaring certain officials as persona non grata and giving Pakistani Nationals 48 hours to leave the country as their SVES visas stand cancelled. (ANI)