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Nitish laughs at poor historical knowledge of Modi

In an apparent dig at his rival and BJP prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi, Bihar chief minister Nitish Kumar on Thursday said people talk about history without proper knowledge of the subject.

Updated on: Dec 20, 2013 02:05 AM IST
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In an apparent dig at his rival and BJP prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi, Bihar chief minister Nitish Kumar on Thursday said people talk about history without proper knowledge of the subject.

"Today people talk about history without proper knowledge about the subject," Kumar told reporters on the sidelines of 61st All India convention of India Historical Record function in Patna.

He, however, did not name his Gujarat counterpart.

Kumar's snide remarks was apparently aimed at Narendra Modi who in his speech at BJP's "Hunkar rally" on October 27 had mentioned Taxila being in Bihar, Porous was defeated on the bank of Ganga instead of at Satluz and Chandragupta belonging to Gupta dynasty instead of Maurya dynasty.

The erronous reference of historical facts were highlighted by Kumar earlier also which brought Narendra Modi's subsequent speeches under scrutiny of historical facts.

Narendra Modi was subsequently laughed at for confusing Shyamji Verma with Shyama Prasad Mukherjee and Mohanlal in place of refering father of the nation as Mohandas (Karamchand Gandhi).

 
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