In Bihar, police resorted to mild lathi charge at a rally in Gaya today as commotion broke out at the venue shortly before BJP leader Narendra Modi was to address it. The police action came after the crowd at the rally in Gandhi Maidan became restive after waiting for long. They broke down wooden barricades and a section of the crowd barged into the media enclosure. The people at the rally ran helter skelter and flung chappals, as policemen wielded lathis to control the crowd.

The situation became calm after Police reinforcements were rushed in and Party leaders appealed for peace Addressing the rally later, Modi said the state government and the center cannot fight terrorism. Earlier, he spoke at Sasaram, where outgoing Lok Sabha Speaker Meira Kumar is the Congress candidate, and said she had not brought any development to Bihar.