Sunday 27 October 2013

Modi demands revenge against 'betrayer' Nitish Kumar, calls for 'Congress-free nation'

Despite a string of low-intensity blasts at the venue of his ambitious Hunkar rally, BJP's prime minister nominee Narendra Modi kept his date with Bihar capital where he attacked the state chief minister Nitish Kumar for "backstabbing" the people.
At the beginning of his speech, he took a dig at Kumar saying people in Bihar are not opportunistic, except a few. He went on to say, “The chief minister here is my friend. People asked me why your friend has left the BJP. I tell them the person who could leave Jayaprakash Narayan can also leave the BJP.”
This was Modi’s first rally after an acrimonious split with Nitish Kumar’s Janata Dal (United) four months ago, which came over Modi’s elevation inside the party. The Bihar BJP has pegged this rally as a show of strength and had pulled out all stops to make it a success.
Saying Kumar’s behavior reeked of hypocrisy, Modi said, “I and Nitish Kumar happened to meet on the same table during a lunch hosted by the PM. He wasn't eating anything. I told him, don't worry there's no cameramen around. Please go ahead and eat. There is a limit to hypocrisy.”
The BJP gave up its right to form a government in Bihar even though it had more legislators than the Janata Dal (United), he said.
“For the BJP, the country’s interests are more important than the party. We let Kumar become the CM so that jungle raj of the earlier governments could end. I did not come to campaign in Bihar for campaigning earlier despite requests so that the government doesn’t fall and jungle raj returned. Nitish didn’t cheat the BJP but the people of Bihar. Let’s uproot these backstabbers. ”
He went on to attack the Congress saying the party leaders are very upset that he called a certain person shehzada (prince). “Ask the Congress to stop the politics of dynasty and I will stop calling him shehzada,” he said.

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