Bihar Election Heli-campaigns -Mayawati MP Chairperson of the Bahujan Samaj Party.

Bihar Election Heli-campaigns - Chipsan Aviation 

Mayawati MP Chairperson of the Bahujan Samaj Party.

Bihar Election News: Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) president Amit Shah and nearly a dozen union ministers from Bihar who are the star campaigners for the BJP-led alliance are hopping from one place to another in helicopters.

And so are the key campaigners of the "Grand Alliance" of the Janata Dal-United (JD-U), the Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) and the Congress including Chief Minister Nitish Kumar, Lalu Prasad and Sonia Gandhi.

Nitish Kumar addresses four to five rallies every day, helicopters for him being hired by his party. Lalu Prasad speaks at five to six public meetings each day.

Their rivals, including leaders of the Lok Janshakti Party (LJP), the Rashtriya Lok Samata Party (RLSP) and the Hindustani Awam Morcha (HAM), were the first to use helicopters in August and September, even before the assembly polls were formally announced, to attend Modi's rallies in Gaya, Muzaffarpur, Saharsa and Bhagalpur.

According to leaders from different parties, nearly 20 helicopters from private firms have been pressed into service to ferry the star campaigners. Most helicopters have come from New Delhi- and Mumbai-based aviation firms. The average cost of hiring a multi-engine helicopter is Rs.2 lakh a flying hour.
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