Patna: Bihar's former Deputy Chief Minister and BJP leader Sushil Modi today declined to wear a Muslim skull cap offered by a member of the party's ally HAM in the upcoming state polls citing the humid climate.
At an election meeting in Tekari assembly constituency in Gaya district, Shakila Bano, a woman leader of former Chief Minister Jitan Ram Manjhi's Hindustani Awami Morcha (HAM), offered a skull cap to Mr Modi.
"I offered Modi a skull cap but he politely refused to wear citing humid climate," a party worker close to Ms Bano quoted her as saying.
HAM's candidate Anil Kumar is contesting polls from Tekari.
At an election meeting in Tekari assembly constituency in Gaya district, Shakila Bano, a woman leader of former Chief Minister Jitan Ram Manjhi's Hindustani Awami Morcha (HAM), offered a skull cap to Mr Modi.
"I offered Modi a skull cap but he politely refused to wear citing humid climate," a party worker close to Ms Bano quoted her as saying.
HAM's candidate Anil Kumar is contesting polls from Tekari.
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