Chief Minister of 'The Foot in Mouth' Syndrome
With barely a month in office, Uttarakhand Chief Minister Tirath Singh Rawat is fast gaining a reputation for making insensitive and sensational comments on everything from ripped jeans to the PM. The new Chief Minister seems to be making headlines often since he was sworn in on March 10. He first turned heads and gained widespread attention with his comment comparing PM Narendra Modi to the Hindu gods. He said it was ‘Lord Ram in Treta Yuga and Lord Krishna in Dwapar Yuga’. Modi, he hailed would do the same job in Kal Yuga. This warranted strong outrage from Opposition parties as they refuted his comments with their own. Sunil Yadav, the spokesperson for Samajwadi Party, tweeted, “One stadium has already been named (after PM). I suggest a temple should be constructed in Ayodhya (for PM),” in retaliation to the remarks. The BJP’s top brass in Uttarakhand refused to comment, but, the media-in-charge came out in support of the CM’s comments. This silent support only fuelled the new