BJP today hit back at Bihar chief minister Nitish Kumar's criticism of the Prime Minister's announcement of Rs 1.25 lakh crore package for the poll-bound state and accused him of doing "politics of package" without uttering a word against UPA's "paltry" package" earlier.
"If Nitish Kumar has the financial strength to implement schemes worth Rs 2.7 lakh crore, then why was he demanding special package? Then why is he doing politics of package for the last three years? If you cannot do with the package, then Rs 2.7 lakh crore is merely a attractive slogan," Union Minister and senior BJP leader Ravi Shankar Prasad said.
Prasad also asked Congress president Sonia Gandhi as to why being the head of a big national party she "climbed down" to addressing the Patna rally before Nitish and Lalu Prasad.
"It is clear that Nitish Kumar does not like the Rs 1.25 lakh crore package announced by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, but wondered why he was opposed to it and did not ask for more if there were shortcomings?
"He is not liking this package. If there was any shortcoming in this package, he could have demanded more. But to criticise the package means unheeding Bihar's interests. This package is for the people of Bihar.
"Nitish Kumar did not utter a word on the paltry amount of Rs 12,000 crore. He never uttered a word but here on the huge amount of Rs 1.25 lakh crore, he is seeking to criticise it, undo it, belittle it," he said.
The BJP leader said Nitish is luring people in this election with talks of future and is not talking of all that he has done these years when in power.
