Nitish Kumar took oath as Bihar Chief Minister for a file eighth time yesterday
Patna:
Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar has rejected claims by BJP MP and his former deputy Sushil Kumar Modi that some individuals in Mr Kumar’s social gathering despatched feelers to appoint the Chief Minister for the Vice President’s submit.
“We supported the NDA candidates within the presidential and vice presidential elections. It is a joke about me desirous to turn into the Vice President,” Mr Kumar stated a day after taking oath as Bihar Chief Minister for a file eighth time.
Mr Modi yesterday stated the identical Janata Dal (United) leaders, who requested for Mr Kumar to be made Vice President, approached him with a plan that he might turn into Bihar Chief Minister if Mr Kumar goes to Delhi.
“Some JD(U) individuals had come to say that make ‘Nitish Kumar the Vice President and you must rule in Bihar’,” Mr Modi advised reporters.
JD(U) nationwide president Rajiv Ranjan Lalan Singh, too, had dismissed Mr Modi’s allegations yesterday. He stated when media experiences first speculated that Mr Kumar would doubtless be the opposition presidential or vice presidential candidate if he snapped ties with the BJP then, the JD(U) had clearly denied the opportunity of any such factor taking place. “They’re simply making up tales,” the JD(U) chief stated, responding to Mr Modi.
Mr Kumar broke ties with the BJP over a variety of a causes, chief amongst them his worries that the BJP could attempt to do a Maharashtra in Bihar, that it had been working within the shadows to hole out the JD(U) from inside.
Mr Kumar additionally wished a bigger say in choosing BJP ministers in his earlier cupboard. However this transfer would have undermined House Minister Amit Shah’s perceived grip on Bihar by way of the number of ministers seen as near him.