Azizpur riot: Sushil counters Nitish’s ‘conspiracy’ charge

Days after senior JD(U) leader Nitish Kumar claimed ‘conspiracy’ behind the arson incident in Azizpur, BJP leader Sushil Kumar Modi on Tuesday challenged him to expose those involved in the incident.

“Kumar has a habit of sniffing conspiracy in everything ...if there indeed was conspiracy behind Azizpur arson incident, then the state government must expose those people involved in it,” he told reporters here.

Taking potshot at the senior JD(U) leader for visiting Azizpur village, the former deputy chief minister said that it was the lone instance during nearly decade-long rule by his party that he had visited any strife-torn village and that too out of compulsion as his new-found ally and the RJD supremo Lalu Prasad had paid visit to that village a day earlier.