Jeering of Hooda, Soren an expression of public's anger towards their governments: BJP

Commenting on the jeering faced by the Chief Ministers of Haryana and Jharkhand, BJP leader Siddharth Nath Singh today said it was an expression of the public's anger to bad governance and corruption in the respective states.

Singh told ANI, "The political parties must understand that in the states where there is bad governance and corruption, they will face the anger of the people. As far as the Congress decision goes, they are making a mountain out of a mole hill and it is political hypocrisy."

Haryana Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda was reportedly jeered at as soon as he rose to address the crowd at the government-sponsored foundation stone-laying event of the 166-kilometer-long Kaithal-Rajasthan border highway.

A peeved Hooda had later said that he would not attend any event in the future with Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

Jharkhand Chief Minister Hemant Soren, too, reportedly faced a similar situation today while speaking at the inauguration of the National Digital Literacy Mission in Ranchi.

BJP leader Nalin Kohli, however, defended the Prime Minister, saying that he was an extremely popular head of government.

"I think it is a matter of great pride that we have an extremely popular PM and if people acknowkedge that popularity and take his name with enthusiasm, it's a moment of pride for every Indian," he said.

"With regard to incident in Haryana, it has probably much more to do with the governance provided by the Hooda administration in Haryana. If a PM is popular, he is not the PM of the BJP. Narendra Modi is the PM of India. If people take his name with enthusiasm, it is a matter of pride," he told ANI.

Congress leader Rashid Alvi, however, termed it a pre-planned conspiracy.

"It is a pre-planned conspiracy and the PM should immediately take steps. If this will happen to other Chief Ministers in the PM's meetings, then which CM would attend his meetings?" he said Janata Dal (United) president Sharad Yadav also said, "It has never happened before in the country's history but it is happening now.