By SNV Sudhir
Visakhapatnam, Oct 8, 2012: Coming under attack from the BJP and Hindutva gro-ups, Union rural development minister Jairam Ra-mesh reiterated his rema-rks on toilets and temples and went a step further.
Answering a query at Paderu, near Visakhapa-tnam, on Sunday, Mr Ramesh said, “Toilets are important for any person after getting up early in the morning.” The minister who is pushing his mission to improve sanitation in the country, had earlier said in Wardha, Maharas-htra, that India has more temples than toilets.
“Even now 60 per cent of the people in this country do not have access to toilets,” Mr Ramesh said.
On the demand by some groups that he apologise for his remarks, the minister said, “The Opposition doesn’t have any issue right now, hence they are making it an issue.”
Mr Ramesh was in Paderu to take part in a programme organised by an NGO in the Hukumpeta Agency mandal.
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