Bihar’s Nitish Kumar government on Saturday returned the Gujarat government’s aid to Bihar during the Kosi floods of 2008.

Modi’s government had donated Rs 5 crore to the Nitish government after the devastating Kosi floods.

Speaking to a television channel, Bihar Disaster management Minister Devesh Thakur said, “We felt… the whole issue was in compliance with our secular image so we returned the money.”

Further, clarifying his government’s stand, Thakur said, “We feel minorities should feel safe and secure in the state. Modi has an image of being anti-secular, so we don’t want this to affect our party.”

When asked about the BJP-JD(U) alliance, the minister said his party doesn’t have any problem with continuing its relationship with the national party.

DeshGujarat’s immediate reaction on Twitter

Can Nitish return back medical relief?

Gujarat had sent a train full of 108 ambulances! Can he return back cloths, blankets, medicines?….

Can Nitish return day-night services of Gujarat volunteers during flood, that had went there in train-full of capacity?…

Will Nitish Kumar also return the aid that had been collected through Kathas by Asaram Bapu and Morari bapu of Gujarat?…

Even Ahmedabad’s Eunuchs had sent help to Bihar from Gujarat. How Nitish Kumar will return that?…

Clear appeasement of 16% Muslims of Bihar. Returning back Gujarat’s 5 cr is one of the cheapest political stunts in Indian politics…

From September 2008 till now Gujarat’s help was ok for Nitish,& now before election, Modi becomes “a man with anti-secular image” for Nitish

By the way, Gujarat’s total help to Kosi flood victims was about Rs 20 crore. But the feelings that were involved in helping was priceless.

One of the train for Bihar flood victims help from Gujarat was flagged off by Narendra Modi from Surat on his birthday.

Nitish should not send back Gujarat’s flood-relief help, says Congress party’s Ahmed Patel talking to reporters in south Gujarat’s Vyara.

Modi had said when Bihar flood relief train was flagged off:We can’t give someone,only God gives,we helped because we feel pleasure to do it

Nitish’s over-appeasement and cheap stunts to lure Muslim votes may well backfire.Hindu votes(84% in Bihar)may unite in favor of BJP & Modi.