Patna: Bihar chief minister Nitish Kumar today lashed out at BJP prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi saying that his rally at Gandhi Maidan had an initial poor turnout, but the serial blasts carried out by Indian Mujahideen that day overshadowed it and made his rally a success.
Addressing a press conference here, Nitish Kumar asked Modi whether he had himself gone to see the victims of post-Godhra Gujarat riots.
"Let him say which victims' families he met in Ahmedabad, or whether we went to visit the victims in hospitals alone, or with the PM", challenged Nitish Kumar.
The Bihar CM was replying to Modi's recent remarks that while he had gone to meet the blast victims' families, Nitish Kumar was partaking of sumptuous dishes at his party convention in Nalanda.
Nitish Kumar clarified that he was not in Nalanda, but was present in Patna on October 27, the day serial blasts took place.
He said, he himself went round Gandhi Maidan the same night, and went to the hospitals to meet the victims. "By the way, it is not the work of the Chief Minister to stand at somebody's rally to ensure security arrangements", he added.
Lashing out at Modi, Nitish Kumar said, the man who aspires to be Prime Minister must come out clear on issues like foreign policy, economic policy and social policy, so that the voters can make up their mind.
