PATNA: In a snub to Narendra Modi after his government advertised Kosi flood relief donations, Bihar CM Nitish Kumar has returned Rs 5 crore given by the Gujarat chief minister for the flood victims.
Kumar has returned the Rs 5 crore lying unspent in the CM's relief account that was received from Gujarat after floods devastated large parts of the Kosi river belt in 2008, officials said on Saturday.
The move comes after local papers last week carried advertisements about the help given by the Gujarat government for Kosi flood victims.
Kumar had criticised the Gujarat government's claim that it had liberally donated aid to Bihar during the 2008 Kosi floods, calling it "uncivilised".
The Bihar chief minister had also taken strong exception to the use of a photograph with Modi in another advertisement published in local dailies and had even threatened to take legal action against those responsible.
"The Gujarat government's claim (on flood relief) is uncivilised and against Indian culture. Nobody claims of bestowing favours on those who face tragedy caused by natural calamities," Kumar, who heads the JD(U)-BJP government in Bihar, had said.
"We don't appreciate the fact that someone like honourable chief minister Narendra Modi coming and taking credit for that after two years (of giving money for Kosi victims). So we thought why not bring it back to square one and return the money," Dinesh Thakur, disaster management minister, Bihar, said.
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