Comments made to gain political mileage: Bihar CM slams Hemant Soren over remark on Bhojpuri, Magahi languages

Bihar CM Nitish Kumar on Monday slammed his Jharkhand counterpart Hemant Soren over his remarks on Bhojpuri and Magahi languages, and said that the comments were made "only to gain political mileage."

Days after Jharkhand Chief Minister Hemant Soren's comments on Bhojpuri and Magahi languages sparked a controversy, his Bihar counterpart Nitish Kumar on Monday hit out at him, saying that the statement was made "only to gain political mileage."

Recently, Hemant Soren claimed that when agitation for the creation of Jharkhand was going on, Bhojpuri and Magahi speaking dominant persons sexually assaulted women in the state and abused them in both those languages.