Congress president Rahul Gandhi promised a massive crowd at the Gandhi Maidan in Patna that a joint opposition will form the next government in Delhi and in Bihar as he attacked Prime Minister Narendra Modi for the cash transfer scheme for farmers and reiterated his promise of loan waivers for farmers across the country and minimum income guarantee to the poor.

Addressing the first public meeting organized by the party in the city in nearly three decades, Gandhi said the "meagre" amount of Rs 17 per day that will be given to farmers by the Modi government was an insult. RJD leader Tejashwi Yadav, who had maintained suspense over whether he would attend, shared the stage with the Congress chief and endorsed him as the next Prime Minister. But he also reminded Rahul and the Congress party that the onus lies on them to take along all the other parties, in a subtle hint on seat sharing in the state.