RSS ranks Bihar ahead of Gujarat in development

New Delhi: The RSS added grist to the mill tothe Nitish Kumar versus Narendra Modi debate when its chief Mohan Bhagwat reportedly rated Bihar's performance ahead of Gujarat. At an interaction with foreign correspondents in the national capital onThursday, Bhagwat was asked which state governments are role models of good governance. "Bihar, Gujarat, Chhattisgarh to some extent, MP to some extent, some parts of Maharashtra," he responded, according to one of those present at the interaction. Asked "Bihar first", he said, "Aisa log kahte hain(this is what people say)." When asked to commenton this, RSS spokesman Manmohan Vaidya merely said, "The story about Shri Mohanji Bhagwat doing rounds inmedia today is totally false."