Asked about singer Lata Mangeshkar extending her support to Modi, tiwari said: "I respect Lata Mangeshkar from my heart. I have grown old listening to her songs, but it is not her fault. Many people today are being fooled by BJP and Modi".
On the controversy over Sardar Patel, the JD-U leader said, "Had Sardar Patel been alive today, Narendra Modi would not have been in Gujarat. Had Patel been alive, he would have banned RSS."