New Delhi, July 10: It is now the turn of the BJP to fume. The saffron party is up in arms over advertisements released by the Bihar government, of which it is a part, that project only the Chief Minister, Mr Nitish Kumar, of the JD(U) as “Vikas Purush” but make no mention of the BJP’s Mr Sushil Kumar, who is Deputy Chief Minister.
Referring to the earlier advertisement controversy in the state, which had been instigated by Gujarat Chief Minister, Mr Narendra Modi, one of the state BJP leaders wondered: “Why isn’t Mr Sushil Modi being shown (in the ads). Mr Nitish might have a problem with Mr Narendra Modi, but what’s his problem with Mr Sushil Modi?” The BJP claimed that the party was very much a part of the “Vishwas Yatra” launched by the coalition government and could not be ignored.
The Bihar government ads only mention about Mr Kumar, and his achievements, and projects him as the man working for the state’s all-round development, with no mention of the BJP.
The ads, with huge pictures of the Chief Minister, quote Mr Kumar as saying he felt “duty bound” to undertake the “Vishwas Yatra” campaign.
The accompanying publicity material talk of how Mr Kumar had planned the yatras in 2009.