Patna,(BiharTimes): Commenting on the tree-fruit statement of chief minister Nitish Kumar on the merger of Janata Parivar senior BJP leader Sushil Kumar Modi on Tuesday said that a ‘storm’ has uprooted all the trees and destroyed all the flowers on them; so there is no question of bearing any fruit.

Referring to the reported differences among the parties of Janata Parivar he termed the merger as a ‘sour fruit’.The former deputy chief minister said the quality of fruits depended on the tree which bears it and in this case, “it was not good”.

He also alleged that the state government had incurred a loss of Rs 37 crore by awarding a tender for Rs 96 crore on turnkey basis for replacement of transformers and other electricity equipment under the Rajiv Gandhi Grameen Vidyutikaran Yojana (RMGVY) in some districts.

According to him suppliers were given contracts at rates floated in 2012, due to which there was huge difference in the rates for supplying electrical equipment to state owned power company, Bihar State Power Holding Corporation Ltd (BSPHCL).He charged that contracts were awarded in gross violation of
rules.