Patna,(BiharTimes): “The Prime Minister has more pictures than possibly all other Prime Ministers combined, and yes, he has more selfies than all the ministers in his cabinet put together. Apparently, some of this has created a new global recognition for India. Really? Is this the kind of agenda people voted for? It is a typical illustration of more style over substance, more raucous about nothing than the music of change to the ears of the common man,” Bihar chief minister Nitish Kumar wrote in a blog (“Selfie, Not Selfless Leadership”) for ndtv.com on the completion of one year in office of Narendra Modi.

He did not stop there, but added: “Probably, the Prime Minister has so far visited more countries in the world than states in India, and he has certainly made more visits than the Foreign Minister of the country. Yet, the border situation with respect to Pakistan and China has gotten worse.”

According to him "One year on, there is no magic anymore," though “In the run-up to the 2014 parliamentary elections, the BJP and the Prime Minister ran by far the most vast-reaching campaign India has seen. Such was its reach that slogans such as ‘achhe din aane waale hain’ and ‘abki baar Modi sarkar’ became popular even amongst children.”

In about 1,675 words the Bihar chief minister said: “Social harmony is so fragile that other countries are taking notice and issuing advisories to the Government of India. People are questioning the undue proximity between key leaders and powerful capitalists while veterans in industry are speaking about lack of access in driving industrial growth.”

The chief minister started his blog with the quote from Albert Einstein: “If you can't explain it simply, you don’t understand it well enough” and added “The Modi Sarkar is set to complete its first year in office. And what has this Government accomplished? Even the most articulate ministers and supporters of Modi Sarkar do not have a simple answer. In contrast, any average person can easily tell you what the Government did not deliver. Ask a farmer, an unemployed youth, a housewife, an informed citizen, an artisan, a daily wage earner, an academician or even the people who voted for Modi Sarkar a year ago - they will have no problem articulating what the Government did not deliver.”

Nitish then turned towards his own state: “The people of Bihar have seen the greatest disappointment so far. The Prime Minister and other key leaders of BJP have on record promised 'Special Attention, Special Assistance, and Special Category Status' for Bihar. What the Government of India has done for Bihar in the last one year is clearly not special. By accepting the recommendations of the 14th Finance Commission while making no consideration for states such as Bihar that will lose critical resources, the Government of India has pushed Bihar towards a financial crisis.”