INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
Minister Narendra Modi issued a stinging rebuke again to party motormouths on Sunday, who have covered a wide range of subjects from terror
and rape to Mahabharata and Darwin's theory over the last six months
In a video-conference with lawmakers across the country, PM Modi ripped into the leaders, reminding them that this was affecting their image
as well as the party's ."We make mistakes and give 'masala' to the media as if we are great social scientists and experts to analyse
rapes and murders, in which BJP leaders are seen as being soft on the accused
such cases are reported" from such a huge country.Two BJP ministers in Jammu and Kashmir who stepped down from their posts over the
gang-rape and murder of an 8-year-old in Kathua, have gone public demanding a probe by the Central Bureau of Investigation, aggravating the
situation in the state which is widely polarized over the issue.Last month, as Lalu Yadav's RJD retained Bihar's Araria constituency
against an aggressive BJP campaign in the by-elections, Union Minister Giriraj Singh said the district will soon become a "hub of terror"
During the campaign, Bihar BJP chief Nityanand Rai said if RJD won, Araria would turn into a hub of the ISI, the Pakistani intelligence
agency.A tweet from his party colleague Sushil Kumar Modi, the deputy Chief Minister of Bihar, rubbed in the meaning
"RJD got a lead of 1 Lakh 30 thousand votes from 2 Minority dominated constituency which led to their victory in Araria," it read.Earlier
this month, Tripura's BJP Chief Minister Biplab Deb claimed that internet and satellite communication existed in the days of Mahabharata
In January, Union Minister Satyapal Singh has said Darwin's theory was "scientifically wrong" since there are no witnesses to humans
evolving from apes and it should be removed from science books.At a party conclave in April last year, PM Modi had issued a similar message,
asking leaders to "practice the art of silence"
Taking a dig at the controversial statements by his partymen, he said, "The microphone is not a machine that forces people to speak".
