Patna: Nityanand Rai, the President of the BJP unit of Bihar has said that any finger or hand raised against the Prime Minister Narendra Modi will be chopped off, reported the Indian Express.
Rai, who is also the Lok Sabha MP from Ujiyarpur was speaking at a function called by the Vaishya and Kanu (OBC) communities.
Deputy Chief Minister of Bihar Sushil Modi was also present during the function.
While invoking the Modi’s ‘humble past’ Rai said, “Jinki ma khana parasti thi, Narendra Modiji ko khana khilane baithti thi, us thaali me ma ko na beta aur bete ko na ma dikhai deti thi. Aaj us paristhiti se uthkar wo desh ke PM bane hain — garib ka beta, uska swabhiman hona chahiye, ek ek vyakti ko iski izzat honi chahiye… (When Narendra Modi’s mother would serve food to him, neither she would see her son in that plate nor the son would see the mother. From such circumstances, he has grown to be PM — the son of a poor, each individual should be honoured by this.)”
Rai added, “Unki or uthne waali ungali ko, uthne waale haath ko…hum sub milke…ya to tod dein, zaroorat pari to kaat dein. (Any finger or hand raised against the PM, we should get together to either broken or, if need be, chop it off.”
However, Rai clarified that he used those words for all those who would raise the country pride and security.
“I used the expression of breaking fingers and chopping hands as proverbs to convey that we would strongly deal with those who rise against the country’s pride and security. I meant country after I had finished talking about the PM’s inspiring journey,” Rai told the Indian Express.
Rai added that his was an off-the-cuff statement and was not meant for individuals or Opposition parties.
At the function, Sushil Modi said that the RJD did not give a single ticket to people from the Kanu community. Reacting to Rai’s remarks, RJD chief Lalu Prasad Yadav said: “How can BJP talk about pride — something it does not have?”
