Senior BJP leader Sushil Kumar Modi today described hurling of a slipper at Chief Minister Nitish Kumar by a youth as 'wrong'.
"Whoever hurled slipper at CM, it was a wrong thing and cannot be justified at any cost. We cannot support such a person," Modi told reporters after his weekly janata darbar at his residence here.
Modi, who served as Nitish's deputy during the NDA regime in the state, said the person, who flung slipper at CM, had also come to his janata darbar last week.
There too he tried to create a scene but security personnel caught him, he said.
During his "Janata ke Darbar Mein Mukhya Mantri" programme yesterday, Kumar was hit with a slipper hurled by a youth protesting against a government advisory on lighting fires after which the offender was arrested.
The photo journalists could not record the incident and Kumar told reporters the slipper struck him on the right side of his chest. He also showed the imprint of the slipper on his white kurta.
To a query on Nitish Kumar's merger plan with Ajit Singh's party Rashtriya Lok Dal (RLD) to strengthen his position at national level, Modi said neither JD(U) president Nitish Kumar nor RJD boss Lalu Prasad has stature and political influence beyond Bihar.
"Both Nitish Kumar and Lalu Prasad would meet the same fate in Uttar Pradesh (polls) as Mulayam Singh Yadav faced in Bihar (elections)," he said, adding Kumar will not be successful in his attempts to oppose Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
On JD(U)'s attempt to either go for merger or have a broader alliance with like minded parties, Sushil Modi said, it is difficult to say who will side with whom.
Kumar first tried a merger of old Janata parivar under Mulayam Singh Yadav but he 'ditched' and now Ajit Singh who, as per newspapers' reports, is not taking interest, he said.
On JNUSU president Kanhaiya Kumar's programme in Bihar, Modi claimed it was sponsored by liquor mafias.
"CPI does not have money to organise such a programme at S K Memorial hall. In past 20 years, CPI has not organised any such programme.... The banners, posters and all pomp and show were enough evident to show that this was a sponsored programme," Modi said, adding that Kanhaiya spoke against prohibition under the influence of liquor traders.
The district administration has lodged an FIR against four
persons, including Saumendra Singh, whose wife lost the last panchayat election for Mukhiya post to Sen's wife Madhumita Singh.
Saumendra Singh was arrested despite the authorities having not recovered any bottle from his house while four empty bottles were found from adjacent plot of Singh's house, Modi claimed.
He alleged that Excise Department Superintendent Ram Babu Prasad, four sub-inspectors, including Deepak Kumar Singh, who had conducted the raid, and two homeguard jawans were quizzed by Deep Nagar police for 10 hours to know from where and how they had received the information about liquor kept in JD(U) leader's house.
Police pressurised Sub-Inspector Deepak Singh to give a written statement that he was bribed to conduct raids at Sen's house, the former deputy chief minister said.
He wondered why police wanted to know the name of the informer from the Excise department officials whereas, as per the Excise Act, the name of the informer has to be withheld as no one would come forward to share any information due to the fear of being arrested.
If there was any connivance of Excise department officials in planting liquor bottles in JD(U) leader's house then why not any Excise official was apprehended so far, he asked.
