Bihar CM Nitish Kumar, Lalu Prasad to launch 'shabd wapasi' campaign against PM Modi's DNA remark

NEW DELHI: Bihar chief minister Nitish Kumar and Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) Lalu Prasad Yadav will be addressing a press conference tomorrow to launch a signature campaign 'shabd wapasi' against Prime Minister Narendra Modi's 'DNA' remark.

"Inspite of our repeated pleas, Modiji hasn't retracted his derogatory remarks on our DNA. We're going to launch a ' shabd wapasi' campaign against him," tweeted Nitish.

"50 lakh people frm Bihar will be a part of 'shabdwapasi' signature campaign. We will send samples for DNA test to Modiji," Nitish Kumar said.

Inspite of our repeated pleas Modiji hasn't retracted his derogatory remarks on our DNA, we're going to launch ????????? /TakeBackYourWords

— Nitish Kumar (@NitishKumar) August 10, 2015
Prime Minister Modi, while attacking Nitish Kumar at a rally in Muzaffarpur on July 25, had said that it seemed that there was "some problem with Nitish Kumar's DNA", referring to his constant change of political allegiance. Nitish later described the DNA remark as an "insult" to people of Bihar.

50 lakh people frm Bihar will be a part of 'Shabdwapasi' signature campaign,will also send samples for DNA test to Modi ji: Nitish Kumar

— ANI (@ANI_news) August 10, 2015 First phase of 'shabdwapasi' campaign will be completed with 'Swabhimaan rally' which will be held at Patna's Gandhi Maidan on Augsut 29," Nitish Kumar tweeted.