Campaigning in Bihar for NDA candidates, Assam CM Himanta Biswa Sarma said Madrasas should be closed across the country. The BJP leader said, "India...doesn't need mullahs. Our Muslim brothers and sisters should aspire to become doctors and engineers." Criticising RJD over giving a ticket to late gangster-turned-politician Mohammad Shahabuddin's son Osama, he said, "All Osamas will be eliminated."