BJP leaders lash out at Hemant Soren for 'distasteful' remarks against PM Modi

NEW DELHI: Several BJP leaders criticised Jharkhand chief minister Hemant Soren’s “distasteful” remarks about Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s telephonic conversation with the chief ministers of the Covid affected states.
Soren had on Thursday described Modi's phone call to him on the Covid-19 situation in the country as the PM's "Mann Ki Baat", and said it would have been better had he instead heard the issues.
Reacting to Soren's comment, Jharkhand's first CM and senior BJP leader Babulal Marandi, tweeted “Hemant Soren is a failed CM. Failure in governance. Failure in tackling Covid in the state. Failure to assist people. To hide his failures he demeans the office he holds. Wake up and work, Mr. Soren. The clock is ticking.”
Senior BJP leader from Assam and head of the North East Democratic Alliance (NEDA), Himanta Biswa Sarma, slammed the Jharkhand CM for his “disrespectful” tweet towards the Prime Minister.
“Your tweet is not only undignified, but also mocks the suffering of the people of Jharkhand. PM Modi had called to learn about the challenges faced by the same people. You have done a petty job. You have lowered the status of the CM’s post,” Sarma tweeted.
BJP MP from Deoghar, Nishikant Dubey, reacted scathingly, saying, “In my entire life, I have not seen a Chief Minister of such a poor mentality, who is not ashamed to speak so lightly about the Prime Minister. The Prime Minister called the state chief ministers to take stock of people’s well-being and you (Soren) is making down-market comments against the prime minister. Learn to respect the dignity of the post you are holding.”
Jharkhand is among the 10 states and Union territories that are collectively accounting for over 75 percent of daily Covid-19 deaths in the country, according to latest data. The others in the league are Maharashtra, Uttar Pradesh, Karnataka, Delhi, Chhattisgarh, Haryana, Punjab, Tamil Nadu and Rajasthan.
Jharkhand reported 133 Covid-19 fatalities on Thursday, taking the death toll due to the viral disease in the state to 3,479, while 6,974 cases pushed the state''s infection tally to 2,70,089.