Gov takes on PM, call him arrogant; then retracts

Venkatesh Kesari | NT

New Delhi: After calling Prime Minister Narendra Modi “very arrogant”, Meghalaya Governor Satya Pal Malik has launched a damage control exercise with his office claiming that he was misquoted. It also said that he was with the farmers who had agitated recently but has no plans to quit his post and join active politics before the Uttar Pradesh Assembly polls.

While addressing a function in Haryana on Sunday, Mr Malik was quoted by a section of the media as saying, “He (the PM) was very arrogant, when I told him that 500 of our farmers had died, he asked, ‘did they die for me.’’

“I told him yes, since you are the king. Anyway, I ended up having a fight with him. He told me to meet Amit Shah and I did,” the Governor said. When contacted, Mr Malik’s office said he would not talk to the media.