Purnea (Bihar): Bharatiya Janata Party’s (BJP) prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi on Monday said that Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar’s ambition to becoming the Prime Minister led to the break-up of the alliance between the JD(U) and the saffron party.
Addressing a rally here, Modi said that at that time the Bharatiya Janata Party was not sure why the JD (U) broke the partnership.
Taking potshots at Kumar’s prime ministerial ambitions, Modi said, “The arrogance of the person who claims to be the “most suitable” and “able” candidate for the Prime Minister’s post, was higher than even Mt Everest.”
“It is a ‘toli’ (group) of ex-prime ministers and more than a dozen PM-hopefuls who wake up with the bugle of polls and go to sleep again. They will again wake up when the next election comes,” he added.
Modi also questioned where such leaders were during the Kosi river flood which unleashed misery on the people of the state. “When Kosi was in spate, did the Third Front come. Did you hear them. Did they shed tears on your misery or expressed their condolences, or come to help you…. Where were they when people were dying in Kosi river. I want to ask them,” he said.
Lauding the NDA steered by Atal Behari Vajpayee, Modi said it is only such a coalition led by BJP which will keep all together and treat all as partners.
Modi said that there were three kinds of alliances — ‘gathbandhan’ (coalition) represented by NDA under Vajpayee, ‘brashtbandhan’ (grouping of corrupt persons) and ‘lathbandhan’ (alliance of those indulging in violence).
