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Modi hits back at Nitish over his 'secular PM candidate' remark
Clean Media Correspondent
Patna, June 19 (CMC) Soon after Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar made clear his opposition to his Gujarat counterpart Narendra Modi, the BJP's poster boy hit back taking a jibe at the JD(U) leader's secular prime ministerial candidate remarks.
Modi took to micro-blogging site Twitter, apparently taking a dig at Kumar.
"Will is caused by character, and character by Karma. As is Karma, so is the manifestation of the will," he tweeted.
Modi's retaliation came over Kumar's interview to a national daily wherein the latter had asked JD(U)'s alliance partner BJP to name its prime ministerial candidate with secular credentials before the 2014 general election.
Kumar had hinted that he would not accept Modi as the prime ministerial candidate, saying that the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) could not afford a leader with a non-secular background.
In a move pointed at queering the pitch for Modi, Kumar urged the BJP to name a prime ministerial candidate who should have secular credentials and liberal frame of mind.
Kumar has habitually been careful in maintaining a distance from Modi because of the latter's anti-minority image following the post-Godhra 2002 riots.
Later, talking to Headlines Today, the Bihar chief minister admitted to the views he had expressed in his interview.
When Headlines Today asked Kumar to confirm whether he had said at a JD(U) meeting that the NDA's prime ministerial candidate must be secular, he replied, "What I said in the JD(U) meeting is it necessary for me to repeat here?"
When referred to his interview that appeared in the daily, Kumar said, "What can I do if it has appeared in the newspaper? I don't leak things. I do what I have to do."
Modi hits back at Nitish over his 'secular PM candidate' remark
Clean Media Correspondent
Patna, June 19 (CMC) Soon after Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar made clear his opposition to his Gujarat counterpart Narendra Modi, the BJP's poster boy hit back taking a jibe at the JD(U) leader's secular prime ministerial candidate remarks.
Modi took to micro-blogging site Twitter, apparently taking a dig at Kumar.
"Will is caused by character, and character by Karma. As is Karma, so is the manifestation of the will," he tweeted.
Modi's retaliation came over Kumar's interview to a national daily wherein the latter had asked JD(U)'s alliance partner BJP to name its prime ministerial candidate with secular credentials before the 2014 general election.
Kumar had hinted that he would not accept Modi as the prime ministerial candidate, saying that the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) could not afford a leader with a non-secular background.
In a move pointed at queering the pitch for Modi, Kumar urged the BJP to name a prime ministerial candidate who should have secular credentials and liberal frame of mind.
Kumar has habitually been careful in maintaining a distance from Modi because of the latter's anti-minority image following the post-Godhra 2002 riots.
Later, talking to Headlines Today, the Bihar chief minister admitted to the views he had expressed in his interview.
When Headlines Today asked Kumar to confirm whether he had said at a JD(U) meeting that the NDA's prime ministerial candidate must be secular, he replied, "What I said in the JD(U) meeting is it necessary for me to repeat here?"
When referred to his interview that appeared in the daily, Kumar said, "What can I do if it has appeared in the newspaper? I don't leak things. I do what I have to do."
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