While the BJP claimed that Shah's Sasaram rally was cancelled because of the imposition of Section 144, the local administration denied using any prohibitory orders and said the situation was under control.
Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Sunday tore into the Nitish Kumar-led Mahagathbandhan government in Bihar for "failing to check" communal violence in Sasaram and Bihar Sharif towns and asserted that rioters will be hung upside down if the BJP forms the government in the state in 2025. Addressing a rally in Hisua in Nawada district, Shah, widely regarded as the BJP's principal