Bihar Minister fires on Media Persons

Patna, August 09: Bihar BJP minister Vinod Kumar Singh has sparked a controversy after he taunted media persons, who did not chant 'Bharat Mata ki Jai' after him at an event, asking if they belonged to Pakistan.

Later, he expressed regret over the outburst when state BJP president Nityanand Rai expressed displeasure over his remarks at the program itself.

Singh is the minister for mines and geology from BJP quota in the new Bihar government led by Nitish Kumar. While addressing a Sankalp Sammelan of the party on Tuesday, Singh urged the gathering to chant 'Bharat Mata ki jai'.