Puppy, burqa won't yield votes: Nitish tells BJP

July 15, 2013 16:36

Decrying the 'puppy' and 'burqa' remarks, Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar, in a veiled attack on Narendra Modi, said use of such language will not yield votes for the BJP, and instead will only pollute the environment.

Modi had accused the Congress of hiding behind burqa (veil) of secularism to hide its failures.

In an interview to Reuters, he had on being asked whether he regretted the 2002 riots in Gujarat, responded that one will feel sad even if a puppy comes under the vehicle you are travelling in.

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