Known for his controversial remarks, Bihar Chief Minister Jitan Ram Manjhi on Wednesday again evoked a sharp criticism when he charged the Centre with ignoring the interest of the State and said seven Union Ministers from the State would not be allowed entry if they failed to bring desired assistance for the region.
Referring to the seven Ministers as “Sat Bhaiya” (seven brothers) at a function on the occasion of the ‘World Toilet Day’, Majhi appealed to them to bring from the Centre required assistance for the state failing which they would not be allowed entry into the State.Though the Chief Minister did not take any names, the seven Ministers are Radha Mohan Singh, Ravi Shankar Prasad and Ram Vials Paswan (all Cabinet Ministers), Rajiv Pratap Rudy (MoS) (Independent charge), Upendra Kushwaha, Ram Kripal Yadav and Giriraj Singh (all MoS).
Manjhi also said in a lighter vein that “thokar kha kar Mukhya Mantri ho gaye wahi thokar kha kar Pradhan Mantri na ho jaye (I have become Chief Minister after facing hardship and might become Prime Minister after suffering the same).”Expressing anguish for high percentage of open defecation in the state, Manjhi said the state government had laid a target to construct two crore toilets by 2019.