Jharkhand Chief Minister Hemant Soren late on Thursday night said Prime Minister Narendra Modi had called him to say his “man ki baat (my t...
Jharkhand Chief Minister Hemant Soren late on Thursday night said Prime Minister Narendra Modi had called him to say his “man ki baat (my thoughts)” instead of discussing important matters. The phrase was a reference to Modi’s monthly programme aired on the All India Radio, where he speaks about various matters.
“Respected prime minister called me up tonight,” Soren said in a tweet in Hindi. “He just spoke his ‘man ki baat’. It would have been better had he said some “kaam ki baat” [matters of importance], and listened to some “kaam ki baat”.”
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) May 6, 2021
“PM Modi did not ask anything on the condition of the state or resources and what all the state needed [for handling the coronavirus situation],” an unidentified source, close to Soren, told The Indian Express about the call. “The state has been struggling to get the required medicines. He just went on and on. This led the CM to write this tweet.”
Apart from Soren, the prime minister also spoke to chief ministers of Andhra Pradesh, Odisha and Telangana and lieutenant governors of Union Territories Jammu...
