Speaking at a rally at Samastipur yesterday, Nitish Kumar hit back at Narendra Modi for trying to bring ‘beef politics’ into Bihar by reeling out statistics to show meat exports had actually gone up under Narendra Modi’s rule, in both Gujarat and at the centre.
He told the people that under Narendra Modi as Chief Minister, Gujarat had exported 10,600 tonnes of meat in 2003; however, the same increased to 34,990 tonnes in 2013. He further said that after taking over as PM, in the last one year, India’s beef exports had actually gone up by 15.4%.
He also took on Narendra Modi for portraying Jitan Manjhi as a Dalit who had been denied his due. He asked people if Modi was so sympathetic to the Dalit cause why he doesn’t announce Manjhi’s name as the next CM. Nitish Kumar went on to say that Jitan Manjhi was an unknown name in Bihar until he promoted him as a CM but he betrayed the party and went over to the BJP camp.
Nitish Kumar also responded to the PM’s remark in his speeches on how there was no electricity in Bihar and asked the people of Samastipur whether they had electricity or not. He said the PM had no idea of the ground reality in Bihar as he was an outsider. He said that Bihar would vote for a Bihari and that he was a Bihari who would represent them.
He also reminded people of how Narendra Modi had promised to bring back black money and put Rs 15-20 lakh into people’s account but had since backtracked on his promise.
Speaking at a rally at Samastipur yesterday, Nitish Kumar hit back at Narendra Modi for trying to bring ‘beef politics’ into Bihar by reeling out statistics to show meat exports had actually gone up under Narendra Modi’s rule, in both Gujarat and at the centre.
He told the people that under Narendra Modi as Chief Minister, Gujarat had exported 10,600 tonnes of meat in 2003; however, the same increased to 34,990 tonnes in 2013. He further said that after taking over as PM, in the last one year, India’s beef exports had actually gone up by 15.4%.
He also took on Narendra Modi for portraying Jitan Manjhi as a Dalit who had been denied his due. He asked people if Modi was so sympathetic to the Dalit cause why he doesn’t announce Manjhi’s name as the next CM. Nitish Kumar went on to say that Jitan Manjhi was an unknown name in Bihar until he promoted him as a CM but he betrayed the party and went over to the BJP camp.
Nitish Kumar also responded to the PM’s remark in his speeches on how there was no electricity in Bihar and asked the people of Samastipur whether they had electricity or not. He said the PM had no idea of the ground reality in Bihar as he was an outsider. He said that Bihar would vote for a Bihari and that he was a Bihari who would represent them.
He also reminded people of how Narendra Modi had promised to bring back black money and put Rs 15-20 lakh into people’s account but had since backtracked on his promise.
