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Why starting yatra from Bihar, Congress asks LK Advani

Published: Tuesday, Oct 11, 2011, 20:35 IST
Place: Ranchi | Agency: PTI

Congress today sought to ask LK Advani and Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar to clarify why Bihar was chosen for the BJP leader’s Jan Chetna Yatra instead of Gujarat or other BJP-ruled states.

"LK Advani should clarify his choice of state for his yatra. If, according to him, Bihar government is free of corruption, does it mean other BJP-ruled states like Gujarat have corrupt governments? asked AICC spokesperson Shakeel Ahmed.

"And Nitish Kumar should explain to the people for allowing LK Advani to start his yatra from Bihar. He (Kumar) has always distanced from Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi following the infamous Godhra incidents. Has the Bihar chief minister forgotten that Advani is one of the charge-sheeted persons in the Babri Masjid demolition?" he said.

Ahmed, who was here to attend the 'shardh' of Rajya Sabha member Ramdayal Munda, was reacting to media query on Advani embarking on his sixth career yatra, flagged off by Nitish Kumar, from Sitabdiara, the birth place of Jayaprakash Narayan.

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