In the tweet in Hindi, when roughly translated to English, Hemant Soren said: "Today the respected Prime Minister made a phone call. He only spoke his mind. It would have been better had he spoke about the task at hand and heard about what mattered."
Jharkhand Chief Minister Hemant Soren has landed in controversy after he described Prime Minister Narendra Modi's phone call to him on Thursday with regard to the Covid-19 situation as PM's "Mann Ki Baat" instead of business.
Prime Minister Modi had reached out to chief ministers of Telangana, Andhra Pradesh, Odisha, and Jharkhand on Thursday about the Covid-19 situation in their states.
According to health ministry data, Jharkhand has 59,532 active Covid-19 cases.
Following the meeting, Jharkhand Chief Minister took to Twitter and criticised the prime minister.
आज आदरणीय प्रधानमंत्री जी ने फोन किया। उन्होंने सिर्फ अपने मन की बात की। बेहतर होता यदि वो काम की बात करते और काम की बात सुनते।
— Hemant Soren (@HemantSorenJMM)
In the tweet in Hindi, when roughly translated to English, Soren said: "Today the respected Prime Minister made a phone call. He only spoke his mind. It would have been better had he spoke about the task at hand and heard about what mattered."
Soren's remarks triggered a wave of responses on the micro-blogging site.
Dear ,
I have great respect for you, but as a brother I would urge you, no matter what ever our differences are, indulging in such level of politics would only weaken our own nation. (1/2) https://t.co/0HZr56nOj2
You have not accounted for the Central grant for emergency response and health system preparedness given to in 2020-21 FY. Nor have you planned for vaccination which has been in a mess in your State. You were busy organising bail for Lalu Yadav.
Kaam ki baat? https://t.co/Y199xooYTP
Hemant Soren is a failed CM.
Failure in governance.
Failure in tackling COVID in the state.
Failure to assist people.
To hide his failures he demeans the office he holds.
Wake up and work, Mr. Soren. The clock is ticking. https://t.co/SHX7NGzKhw
This is the level to which some politicians are stooping. PM calls & has detailed talk regarding COVID-19 crisis & this CM tweets so. Lacks minimum grace required for the position he holds. https://t.co/3uUmoia9nT
— B L Santhosh (@blsanthosh)
However, Hemant Soren's ally, Congress, supported his statement.
This tweet tells us everything about .
Our Prime Minister only talks. He does not listen - not even to Chief Ministers. https://t.co/2RMj63d6Q1