Bihar election: Advani for open debate between Nitish, Lalu-26 October, 2010

Bihar election: Advani for open debate between Nitish, Lalu

26 October, 2010

By NDChronicle.Com Correspondent,

Patna: The former deputy Prime Minister Lal Krishna Advani said that it would have been a much better idea had the Election Commission organized several open debates between Bihar chief minister Nitish Kumar and the Rashtriya Janata Dal president, Lalu Yadav and telecast it before the public.

Addressing public meetings in Hajipur and Begusarai he said that the media should be given an opportunity to put up questions in such debates.

Advani said that earlier roads were non-existent in Bihar as those who used to rule would say that there is no need for good roads for the poor. It is only those with cars, who need good roads.

He patted the Nitish Kumar government for the improvement in law and order condition and said that earlier the only industry in Bihar was the kidnapping industry.

He narrated how he too started his career as a journalist, when in the name of electronic media we used to just have radio. Then by the time he became the Information and Broadcasting minister in late 1970s some Black and White televisions started coming in. Now we are in the age of information technology revolution and political debates between the top leaders can take place on the televisions.

He said Pundit Deendayal Upadhyaya used to say that a good voters always reward the good government and punish the bad one. As Nitish Kumar has done good work he deserves to be rewarded.

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