PM can do ‘anything for votes…

Accusing the BJP of "misusing" the JDU supremo's image to control the state.

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"Nitish Ji's face is being used. The remote control is in the hands of the BJP. You should not think that the voice of the most backward people is heard there. [BJP] has the remote control in their hands, and they have nothing to do with social justice," he said.

Taking strong exception to the diatribe, Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan, who is the BJP's in-charge for the polls in Bihar, said Gandhi's remarks are against basic norms of civility in public discourse.

Pradhan also said Gandhi does not have the stature to comment on Kumar, who is a revered leader of Bihar and has been in public life for a long time.

"Such remarks betray the feudal mindset of Gandhi and his disciple (shagird) Tejashwi," he claimed.

Gandhi asserted that under the leadership of former Deputy Chief Minister and RJD leader Tejashwi Yadav, a new government would be formed in Bihar, and it would ensure that the interests of all sections of society, cutting across caste and religious lines, are taken care of.