Bihar govt pioneered 'toilets first' slogan: Nitish

November 19, 2013 20:51

In an apparent reference to Narendra Modi's 'toilets first, temples later' remark, Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar today said the Bihar government had pioneered the slogan in 2007.

"Officials popularised the concept among the people, but some people are now talking about toilet first and temple later," he said without naming Modi.

"During Vikas yatras and other public meetings in 2007, 2008 and 2009, we used to administer oath to the people to construct toilet at their homes," he said at a function on World Sanitation Day.

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