Nitish Kumar Jabs Modi Government For Covid Caution Amid Bharat Jodo Yatra

"It should be known why they (the ruling BJP at the Centre) had become laidback over Covid in the first place, and why they have certainly become vigilant now when the Congress people are taking out a yatra," Nitish Kumar said.

Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar today took a dig at the Narendra Modi government for raising an alarm over a fresh COVID-19 spike at a time when Rahul Gandhi's Bharat Jodo Yatra was gaining momentum.

The JD(U) leader, who dumped the BJP four months ago to join the 'Mahagathbandhan', which includes the Congress, vowing to defeat the NDA by uniting the opposition ahead of the next Lok Sabha polls, was talking to journalists on the sidelines of a function in Patna.

"It should be known why they (the ruling BJP at the Centre) had become laidback over Covid in the first place, and why they have certainly become vigilant now when the Congress people are taking out a yatra," Nitish Kumar said.

When pointed out that Union Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya has called for ensuring COVID-19 protocol at the yatra, or even putting off the same "in national interest", Nitish Kumar quipped, "That is what I am saying. Why do these people have an objection to that yatra? Why do they themselves keep taking out processions?"