Photos of Bihar Education and IT Minister Ashok Kumar
Choudhary holding snakes have gone viral on the internet, prompting the Grand
Alliance partners to voice disapproval. One photo shows Choudhary, also the
Bihar Pradesh Congress Committee chief, holding a snake at home. Another shows
state Congress vice-president Subodh Kumar seeking his blessings.
“There can be no place for superstition in a scientific
society,” said JD(U) spokesperson K C Tyagi. RJD spokesperson Manoj Jha echoed:
“People in public life should set examples of scientific temperament and shun
archaic practices.” Choudhary said: “I am against superstition. These are old
pictures… Snake charmers had come to entertain children. They put the snakes in
my hands.” But Kumar said the photos were from a “Makar Sankranti puja”.
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