“It is our duty and in our culture to take everyone out,” Nitish Kumar said. (Photo file)
Patna:
A row between Chief Minister Nitish Kumar and star BJP activist Yogi Adityanath has reopened cracks in the ruling coalition amid Bihar’s election campaign.
Nitish Kumar publicly denounced Yogi Adityanath, the chief minister of Uttar Pradesh, for his comments on “the expulsion of the infiltrators”.
“Who’s doing all this malicious campaign? Who’s saying it all faltu baat (absurdity)? Who will throw the people out? Nobody dares to do that. Everyone belongs to this country, everyone is Indian ”, thundered the chief minister of Bihar on Wednesday during a public meeting.
सब को साथ ले कर चलना ही हमारा धर्म है। यही हमारी संस्कृति है। सब साथ चलेंगे तो बिहार आगे बढ़ेगा। pic.twitter.com/uEfnVJPiay
– Nitish Kumar (@NitishKumar) November 4, 2020
“Who is speaking like that? Our effort is to work for harmony, unity and brotherhood so that there is progress. And these people just want to create divisions; they have no other work. . “
Nitish Kumar even tweeted the remarks with the comment: “It is our duty and in our culture to take everyone along. Only then will Bihar progress.”
He did not name anyone in his speech, but it was widely seen as a response to his counterpart in Uttar Pradesh, who campaigned for the BJP-led coalition in Bihar.
Yogi Adityanath was addressing a rally in Katihar yesterday when he spoke about the new law that allows Indian citizenship to non-Muslim minorities in neighboring Pakistan, Bangladesh and Afghanistan if they flee religious persecution and enter India before 2015.
“Modiji has found a solution to the problem of infiltration … With the CAA (Citizenship Amendment Act), he ensured the safety of tortured minorities in Pakistan, Afghanistan and Bangladesh. The center also said that any infiltrator who tried to violate the security of the country would be expelled. We will not tolerate anyone who undermines the security and sovereignty of the country, ”Yogi Adityanath said.
लोकतंत्र के महापर्व में आज कटिहार की सम्मानित जनता से संवाद रूपी सानिध्य प्राप्त हो रहा है … सुनिए मेरा संबोधन … https://t.co/JjDDMUd7rQ
– Yogi Adityanath (@myogiadityanath) November 4, 2020
Nitish Kumar’s angry reaction has once again exposed his ideological contradictions with the BJP.
The CAA, which was enacted last December, has led to protests across the country by activists, opposition parties and others who alleged that with the National Registry of Citizens (NRC ), it could be used to target minorities.
Nitish Kumar said in January that the NRC was confined to Assam and there was no point in implementing it nationwide.
The Chief Minister of Bihar also disagreed with the decision of the BJP-led central government to end Jammu and Kashmir’s special status under Article 370 and his Janata Dal United party had initially done so. opposed to Parliament. He later supported it by saying that it had already become law.
