'Shah should have appealed for peace in Bihar but he sought cheap publicity'

The Nitish Kumar government in Bihar on Monday deplored Union Home Minister Amit Shahs statement that rioters would be hanged upside down if BJP came to power and termed it as a way to seek cheap publicityState parliamentary affairs minister Vinay Kumar Chaudhary said instead of exploiting the situation electorally Shah as the countrys home minister should have made an appeal for peaceChaudhary made the remark outside the assembly after the House was adjourned till 2 PM within minutes of commencement of proceedings with the ruling Mahagathbandhangrand alliance and the BJP trading charges on the riots in Sasaram and Bihar Sharif towns last weekOn Sunday at a joint press conference the states Chief Secretary and the DGP had asserted that the communal disturbances that were triggered during Ram Navami festivities were brought fully under control and more than 100 people were arrested from the two riothit townsChaudhary who is a senior leader of the Chief Ministers JDU lashed out at Shah who had addressed a rally in Nawada district on Sunday saying as the Home Minister of the country it was incumbent upon him to have made an appeal for peace But he used the occasion to exploit the situation electorally and gain cheap publicityAlso read BJP will dislodge Mahagathbandhan from power in Bihar in next polls Amit ShahDoes it behove the Home Minister to use words like ulta latka denge will hang them upside down said Chaudhary who also took exception to Shah having spoken to Governor Rajendra Arlekar on the issueThe Home Minister knows it well that Nitish Kumar is the Chief Minister of Bihar But his action was clearly aimed at undermining the Chief Minister It has been his style of functioning whenever it comes to states not ruled by the BJP said the JDU leader whose party is now a part of Mahagathbandhan which also includes Congress RJD and the LeftChaudhary also mocked Shahs repeated assertion that Nitish Kumar would be spurned by the BJP if the JDU supremo expressed the desire for realignmentThere has been no proposal from the JDUs side Clearly Amit Shah is betraying his exasperation by making such statements said Chaudhary who spoke while being flanked on both sides by leaders of the MahagathbandhanThe Bihar minister also chuckled when his reaction was sought on shouts of ban the RSS heard inside the assembly during the 1015 minutes which saw BJP and Mahagathbandhan engaging in a shouting match until Speaker Awadh Bihari Chaudhary adjourned the proceedingsWhat do I say The ban was first imposed by none other than the first Home Minister of the country whose gigantic statue is flaunted by these people as an achievement of theirs quipped Chaudhary referring to Sardar Vallabh Bhai PatelHe also said he was disturbed to see video clips wherein youths in the age group of 1520 years were seen raising communal slogans and wondered in which direction do their ideological mentors mean to take the nation by instilling such vicious thoughts in young mindsReiterating that the situation in Sasaram and Bihar Sharif district headquarters of Rohtas and Nalanda respectively was fully under control Chaudhary nonetheless urged media persons to share any information that you may have which could help us identify more culpritsThe BJP had been Nitish Kumars ally It is well aware that our leaders policy is of zero tolerance towards communalism said ChaudharyNotably Shah had to cancel his programme at Sasaram which the BJP blamed on imposition of Section 144 CrPC in the town though the district administration of Rohtas has denied that prohibitory orders were clampedThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever