Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Friday rebuffed feedback by his former get together colleague Prashant Kishor, who has renewed his assault on the Janata Dal (United) chief. The ballot strategist – who’s on a statewide tour – made a scathing allegation when he claimed in considered one of his newest remarks that Nitish Kumar’s ties with the BJP usually are not over simply but.
“Do me a favour… don’t ask me about him. I’ve mentioned it as soon as. Now whoever needs, can say no matter he needs. He retains speaking for the sake of his publicity,” Nitish Kumar instructed reporters as he was seen smiling together with the journalists.
“At one level of time, I held him in excessive regard. Now he simply blabbers as and when he needs. You all are acquainted … Whoever I’ve revered… how they’ve disrespected me up to now,” he mentioned.
The 45-year-old election strategist’s I-PAC has been credited for a lot of ballot victories, together with that of Nitish Kumar, the BJP in 2014, Mamata Banerjee in Bengal, amongst many others. His assaults on Nitish Kumar come as he holds a number of public conferences throughout Bihar in a bid to strengthen base on the grassroots degree.
It has, nevertheless, evoked robust responses. “Who’s Prashant Kishore?” requested Bihar’s power minister Bijendra Prasad Yadav, hitting out.
In proof of his assertion, Prashant Kishor had mentioned that Rajya Sabha deputy chairman Harivansh Narayan Singh – a JD(U) MP – has resigned from the publish, nor the get together has requested him to vacate the publish and there was no motion in opposition to him.
“So far as I do know, Nitish Kumar is sustaining his channels with the BJP by way of Harivansh ji. In any other case, how is it justified that you’re now out of an alliance however your MP remains to be holding the numerous publish within the Rajya Sabha?” he had mentioned.
Nitish Kumar’s return to the Grand Alliance in Bihar was adopted by his conferences with key opposition leaders in the previous few months in preparation for the 2024 nationwide elections.
(With inputs from ANI)