Nitish Kumar has hit back at Narendra Modi for his jibes at Hunkar rally. 
The Bihar Chief Minister on Tuesday blamed the BJP for the split in its alliance with the JD-U in Bihar, countering the Gujarat Chief Minister's claim that the BJP was betrayed.
"We only wanted to choose a (NDA) leader who unties and takes everyone along," Nitish Kumar said at a JD-U convention in Rajgir.
He then said he did not dream of becoming the Prime Minister even though he too was from a poor family like Modi.
Modi had said at the rally that his family was so poor that he had to sell on trains.
"I have no experience of selling tea but I also belong to a poor family. My father was a village doctor and my mother worked as a poor farmer," he said.
On the BJP highlighting Modi's Other backward Class (OBC) status to woo voters, Nitish Kumar said: "One can't be a backward leader by just being born in a backward family. What have you done for backward castes is most important."
He also claimed that his Adhikar Rally in Gandhi Maidan was bigger that Hunkar rally.
"Our Adhikar Rally was the biggest rally ever. Its record can't be broken," he said.
Condemning the serial blasts in Patna, he also countered BJP's allegations that the Bihar government did not ensure proper security at the rally venue.
"I had directed police officials to ensure that Gandhi Maidan is sanitised and all security arrangements are made," he said.
He also attacked the BJP and Modi over the 2002 Gujarat riots.
"(Adolf) Hitler's associate (Joesph) Goebbels said if you tell a lie many times, it appears as the truth. This is what they (the BJP) do. The danger is big, but you must maintain communal harmony," he said.
Nitish Kumar said attempts were being made to vitiate the environment in Bihar. "I request you all to stay united."
He also said that he was not satisfied with the Congress-led Central government's stand on special status.
"If we do not get special status, it will certainly be the top agenda for JD-U in the campaign for upcoming polls. We are demanding special status for Bihar. It is our right."
The Bihar Chief Minister on Tuesday blamed the BJP for the split in its alliance with the JD-U in Bihar, countering the Gujarat Chief Minister's claim that the BJP was betrayed.
"We only wanted to choose a (NDA) leader who unties and takes everyone along," Nitish Kumar said at a JD-U convention in Rajgir.
He then said he did not dream of becoming the Prime Minister even though he too was from a poor family like Modi.
Modi had said at the rally that his family was so poor that he had to sell on trains.
"I have no experience of selling tea but I also belong to a poor family. My father was a village doctor and my mother worked as a poor farmer," he said.
On the BJP highlighting Modi's Other backward Class (OBC) status to woo voters, Nitish Kumar said: "One can't be a backward leader by just being born in a backward family. What have you done for backward castes is most important."
He also claimed that his Adhikar Rally in Gandhi Maidan was bigger that Hunkar rally.
"Our Adhikar Rally was the biggest rally ever. Its record can't be broken," he said.
Condemning the serial blasts in Patna, he also countered BJP's allegations that the Bihar government did not ensure proper security at the rally venue.
"I had directed police officials to ensure that Gandhi Maidan is sanitised and all security arrangements are made," he said.
He also attacked the BJP and Modi over the 2002 Gujarat riots.
"(Adolf) Hitler's associate (Joesph) Goebbels said if you tell a lie many times, it appears as the truth. This is what they (the BJP) do. The danger is big, but you must maintain communal harmony," he said.
Nitish Kumar said attempts were being made to vitiate the environment in Bihar. "I request you all to stay united."
He also said that he was not satisfied with the Congress-led Central government's stand on special status.
"If we do not get special status, it will certainly be the top agenda for JD-U in the campaign for upcoming polls. We are demanding special status for Bihar. It is our right."
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