patna a day after the state cabinet approved the proposal to purchase a 12seater jet engine plane and 10seater helicopter for official purposes the opposition bjp on wednesday charged chief minister nitish kumar with grossly misusing the public money of a backward state like bihar to fulfil his prime ministerial dream bjp believes that nitsih could use the plane for his proposed nationwide campaign to unite the opposition against pm narendra modi for the 2024 lok sabha pollsthe state government is to replace its 17yearold plane and 33yearold chopper with new ones which entail a financial burden of around rs350 crore on the state exchequer bjp alleged and urged the ruling coalition to reconsider its decision the chief minister is misusing the public money just to fulfil his prime ministerial dream which will never become a reality he wants to use the aircraft to launch nationwide campaigns to unite the 25 opposite parties former deputy cm and parliamentarian sushil kumar modi told the media on wednesday urging nitish not to waste the peoples money to fulfil his pm dreamquestioning the logic behind purchasing new plane and chopper sumo said the runways of only four places in the state patna gaya darbhanga and purnia are fit for the landing of a jet engine so why are you wasting crores of rupees on such purchases asked sumo adding the state already has a sixseater king air plane purchased during the tenure of former bihar governor late buta singh in 2005 and it is very much operationalin contrast having them on rent is very cheap and this is a widely accepted practice in todays time the bjp leader said he even apprehended that the chief minister could gift the new plane and chopper to his political heir tejashwi prasad yadav in due courseformer union minister ravi shankar prasad also hit out at nitish for his love for the latest aircraft and advised him to care for the poor masses whether he uses planes or choppers it will be good if he also takes care of the poor and distressed people prasad told the media after casting his vote in patna municpal corporation election