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Nitish plays fact checker for ModiTNN | Oct 30, 2013, 02.56 AM IST RAJGIR: Bihar CM Nitish Kumar<http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/topic/Bihar-CM-Nitish-Kumar> on Tuesday turned into fact checker<http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/topic/fact-checker> for Narendra Modi <http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/topic/Narendra-Modi>, highlighting "lies and inaccuracies" in the statement of his arch rival and offering him some lessons in history. Addressing a gathering of senior JD(U) leaders, Nitish claimed that while attacking him on Sunday in Patna, Modi mangled facts and history to spin a false tale. He dismissed as falsehood Modi's claim that the Bihar CM had refused to eat when he found himself on the same table as BJP's PM candidate at a lunch hosted by the PMO. Modi had claimed that Kumar was leery of being snapped breaking bread with him, and that he had to tell the Bihar CM that he could eat as no camera was around. "Yeh ek jhuthi kahani hai (this is a false account)" Kumar said. He also denied that Modi played host to him in Gujarat. Modi had said that he had made Kumar savour Gujarati delicacies when the latter had come for a wedding, as he emphasized that he believed in norms of decency in public life, unlike the Bihar CM who canceled a dinner invite to the entire BJP leadership. "The fact is that were both guests at a wedding in the family of the then chief justice of Bihar who was from Gujarat. He never hosted me," Kumar said. The Bihar CM, who never mentioned Modi's name, also accused him of being ignorant of history. "He confused the reign of Chandragupta, founder of the Mauryan dynasty <http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/topic/Mauryan-dynasty>, with the period when the Gupta dynasty ruled India. He also claimed that Bihar was the seat of Takshila whereas the fact is that the ancient university was located in the northwest region which forms part of Pakistan. And then he said that Alexander had come as far as Ganga whereas the fact is that the Greek warrior did not venture beyond the Sutlej," he said. "The story is fake and so is the perception of a wave and groundswell," Kumar said, going on to assert that the claims of a surge for Modi were a public relations hoax. The dig underscored the scrutiny that Modi and his speeches are being subjected to and also emphasized the importance for leaders to be cautious about their statements in an age when tonnes of information can be accessed by the click of a mouse. -- Peace Is Doable -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Green Youth Movement" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send an email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/greenyouth. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
