Jharkhand CM Hemant Soren faces backlash for 'insulting' PM Modi
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Synopsis
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.
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.
However, Hemant Soren's ally, Congress, supported his statement.
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