In a scathing attack on Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar, senior BJP leader and former Minister Giriraj Singh on Saturday said like a “dehati aurat” (rural woman) he was quarrelling with Narendra Modi out of “jealousy”.
“He is behaving like a dehati aurat (rural woman) and quarrelling with Narendra Modi out of jealousy,” Singh told reporters at Patna airport after Narendra Modi flew for Gaurichak to meet family of blast victim Rajnarain Singh.
“It does not seems he is a CM the way he is acting against Modi out of jealousy,” he said.
“This reflects his small mindedness,” he said in a strong attack on Kumar.
On the CM’S indirect dig on Modi that some people were trying to “disturb” the harmony of the state, Singh said Kumar is “vitiating” the environment. But the BJP would not allow this to happen, he said. Singh, who served as minister for Animal Husbandry before removed after split on June 16, alleged that there was violation of protocol for Modi. PTI
“The district magistrate did not visit him at state guest house and also at airport, except for a deputy superintendent of police level officer no other senior civil or police officers were present to supervise security arrangements for Narendra Modi at the airport,” he said and alleged this was done to “please” Kumar.
Narendra Modi, after reaching here around 11:15pm on Friday night, is putting up at state guest house, which is across the road to chief minister Nitish Kumar’s One Anne Marg residence.
he cor}9 p IJ` IJIJ ss=MsoNormal>He said that in democracy, election can be seen as a giant step in the direction of keeping alive the awareness among the people. “The glow of Gujarat’s growth has a great capacity to actualise the dreams of people of India. As Gujaratis, let us take pride in all these achievements and perform our duties towards the nation in the new year of Vikram Samvat 2070 for creating a majestic and matchless future for India,” Modi said in his message.
Talking about his tenure as Gujarat Chief Minister, Modi said that 12 years back, his Government kindled the lamp of development in Gujarat and today Gujarat’s glory has spread throughout the nation and the world owing to the hard work of the people of Guajrat.
Criticizing previous governments Modi said that tenure of past Governments saw a hunger for power and indulgence in petty politics owing to which Gujarat suffered blots of communal riots, violence and turbulent times. However, the state has reversed this scenario now and for the first time Gujarat has seen political stability for long time, a record of sort, credit of which goes to the peace, unity and brotherhood demonstrated by the six crore people of Gujarat, he added.
