28 months on, Modi gets big Patna welcome
5 Nov 2012 6:52 AM IST
Gujarat chief minister Narendra Modi came to Patna after a gap of 28 months and was greeted by BJP workers who raised slogans wanting him to be the next Prime Minister.
‘Desh ka Pradhan Mantri kaisa ho, Narendra Modi jaisa ho’ (a person like Modi should be the PM), the workers shouted when Modi reached the residence of veteran BJP leader Kailashpati Mishra, who died yesterday, to pay floral tributes. Modi was last here for the BJP national executive meeting in June, 2010.
There is no love lost between Bihar chief minister Nitish Kumar and Modi. Kumar has ensured Modi was kept out of Bihar in the 2005 and 2010 assembly elections as also the 2009 LS polls. Kumar was cut up when advertisements appeared in local newspapers during the BJP meet here showing an old photograph of him and Modi.
Kumar had cancelled a dinner he was to host for BJP leaders. To show displeasure, he also returned a cheque of Rs. five crore sent by Gujarat government as relief for victims of Kosi floods.
‘Desh ka Pradhan Mantri kaisa ho, Narendra Modi jaisa ho’ (a person like Modi should be the PM), the workers shouted when Modi reached the residence of veteran BJP leader Kailashpati Mishra, who died yesterday, to pay floral tributes. Modi was last here for the BJP national executive meeting in June, 2010.
There is no love lost between Bihar chief minister Nitish Kumar and Modi. Kumar has ensured Modi was kept out of Bihar in the 2005 and 2010 assembly elections as also the 2009 LS polls. Kumar was cut up when advertisements appeared in local newspapers during the BJP meet here showing an old photograph of him and Modi.
Kumar had cancelled a dinner he was to host for BJP leaders. To show displeasure, he also returned a cheque of Rs. five crore sent by Gujarat government as relief for victims of Kosi floods.
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