Peeved over reports that quoted his remarks out of context, Gujarat chief minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday asked the media not to “misquote” his tweets.
Mr Modi’s statement came in the wake of his Bihar counterpart Nitish Kumar reportedly saying that NDA’s prime ministerial candidate should have “secular credentials and should be acceptable to all sections of the society”.
Mr Modi tweeted on the social networking site Twitter quoting Swami Vivekananda, “Will is caused by character, and character by Karma. As is Karma, so is the manifestation of the will.”
The quote was taken as a reply of Modi to Nitish Kumar.
However, in the evening Mr Modi re-tweeted saying, “Every morning I share an inspiring quote of Swami Vivekananda on his 150th anniversary. I request media friends not to misquote it for TRPs”.
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Pranab is the right choice: Thackeray
Age correspondent
Mumbai, june 19
Shiv Sena chief Bal Thackeray on Tuesday announced his support for Pranab Mukherjee in the Presidential election and also warned the BJP not to accuse the Shiv Sena of backstabbing. He said that he would be supporting Mr Mukherjee as he is the “right” candidate.
“I have taken this decision in the interest of the country. Let bygones be bygones. All of us must support Mr Mukherjee unanimously.Let us show the world our unity,” Mr Thackeray said in a statementissued.
Taking a dig at all the parties that have been trying to put up a candidate against Mr Mukherjee, Mr Thackeray said, “The games being played (by political parties) does not reflect well on India. People with no support base are attempting to enter the race (for presidency) and are getting exposed in the process. It is the time to take wise decisions and act in the interest of the country.”