<p>Bihar minister Ram Surat Rai, a BJP leader, is in the spotlight for his effusive praise of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's handling of the Covid-19 pandemic.</p>.<p>A purported video has gone viral on social media in which the minister for revenue and land reforms can be seen holding forth before a small crowd, under a thatched roof.</p>.<p><strong>Also Read—<a href="http://www.deccanherald.com/national/bjp-to-fight-2024-ls-2025-bihar-polls-with-present-alliance-arun-singh-1131884.html" target="_blank">BJP to fight 2024 LS, 2025 Bihar polls with present alliance: Arun Singh</a></strong></p>.<p>"If you all are alive today, it is because of Narendra Modi,” the minister, apparently not a believer in moderation of speech, can be heard as saying in the video.</p>.<p>"Look at the devastation wrought by Covid in Pakistan and elsewhere. We were saved by Modi's vaccine and his deft handling of the economy,” he said.</p>.<p>The video was likely shot last week in Muzaffarpur district to which Rai belongs.</p>.<p><strong>Also Read—<a href="/www.deccanherald.com/national/north-and-central/bihar-varsity-student-gets-151-out-of-100-in-political-science-exam-1131701.html" target="_blank">Bihar varsity student gets 151 out of 100 in Political Science exam</a></strong></p>.<p>The minister has been in news for his lack of restraint on more than one occasion in the recent past.</p>.<p>In the heat of the anti-Agnipath protests, he had dubbed the arsonists as "aatanki" (terrorists), much to the annoyance of Chief Minister Nitish Kumar’s JD(U), which had taken a sympathetic view of the agitation.</p>.<p>Last month, his outbursts against the CM's veto on transfers and postings of more than 100 officials he had cleared, also made headlines.</p>
<p>Bihar minister Ram Surat Rai, a BJP leader, is in the spotlight for his effusive praise of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's handling of the Covid-19 pandemic.</p>.<p>A purported video has gone viral on social media in which the minister for revenue and land reforms can be seen holding forth before a small crowd, under a thatched roof.</p>.<p><strong>Also Read—<a href="http://www.deccanherald.com/national/bjp-to-fight-2024-ls-2025-bihar-polls-with-present-alliance-arun-singh-1131884.html" target="_blank">BJP to fight 2024 LS, 2025 Bihar polls with present alliance: Arun Singh</a></strong></p>.<p>"If you all are alive today, it is because of Narendra Modi,” the minister, apparently not a believer in moderation of speech, can be heard as saying in the video.</p>.<p>"Look at the devastation wrought by Covid in Pakistan and elsewhere. We were saved by Modi's vaccine and his deft handling of the economy,” he said.</p>.<p>The video was likely shot last week in Muzaffarpur district to which Rai belongs.</p>.<p><strong>Also Read—<a href="/www.deccanherald.com/national/north-and-central/bihar-varsity-student-gets-151-out-of-100-in-political-science-exam-1131701.html" target="_blank">Bihar varsity student gets 151 out of 100 in Political Science exam</a></strong></p>.<p>The minister has been in news for his lack of restraint on more than one occasion in the recent past.</p>.<p>In the heat of the anti-Agnipath protests, he had dubbed the arsonists as "aatanki" (terrorists), much to the annoyance of Chief Minister Nitish Kumar’s JD(U), which had taken a sympathetic view of the agitation.</p>.<p>Last month, his outbursts against the CM's veto on transfers and postings of more than 100 officials he had cleared, also made headlines.</p>