"This will give rise to division in society...," Chirag Paswan on Bihar Minister's comparison of Ramcharitmanas with cyanide

Patna (Bihar) [India], September 15 : After Bihar Education Minister Chandra Shekhar compared Ramcharitmanas to "potassium cyanide", Lok Janshakti Party chief Chirag Paswan asked about the degrading quality of primary education in the state and said that by giving these controversial statements, anyone can identify that this will give rise to division in society. 
"He has been the education minister of that state for years but still the courses are not over. Where the quality of primary education is degrading. Where there is no infrastructure and benches for students...By giving these controversial statements, anyone can identify that this will give rise to division in society," Paswan said. 
He further said, "For once, did the education Minister try to know, why students of Bihar are attempting suicide in Kota..."
The salvo was fired as Bihar’s Education Minister, Chandra Shekhar, compared the holy Ramcharitmanas to "potassium cyanide".
Speaking at an event on Hindi Diwas (September 14), the Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) leader said, "If you serve 56 kinds of dishes and mix potassium cyanide into them, would you eat them?"The same analogy applies to the scriptures of Hinduism."
Earlier in the day, addressing media from the BJP headquarters in the national capital, BJP national spokesperson Sambit Patra slammed Bihar Minister Chandra Shekhar for drawing a parallel between Ramcharitmanas and "potassium cyanide".
"He says that Ramcharitmanas is potassium cyanide. Crores of people have their devotion placed in it. Those who have the audacity to call 'Ram' a venom are questioning the basic beliefs of this country and hurting it. The public will boycott them," Patra asserted.