“Ramzan me bijli athi hai tho Diwali me bhi ani chahiye; Bhedbhav nhi hona chahiye (If there is electricity during Ramadan then it must be available during Diwali too; there shouldn’t be any discrimination),”he said.
The other statement which seems to have invited the wrath of the Congress was when he said, “Gaon me kabristan banta hai to shamshaan bhi banna chahiye” (If land is given for cemetery in a village, it should be given for cremation ground also).
Asserting that the public should not be divided into lines of caste and religion, he further stated that “Sabka sath, sabka vikas” is his government’s mantra.
