Political strategist Prashant Kishor on Wednesday claimed that the Chief Minister of Bihar Nitish Kumar The party is in touch with the BJP and may go for an alliance with the party again if the situation so demands, a suggestion rejected by the JD(U) aimed at misleading and spreading confusion.
Kishor, who is on a padyatra in Bihar, which is widely seen as a harbinger of his new foray into active politics, told PTI that Kumar joined the BJP through a JD(U) MP and deputy chairman of the Rajya Sabha. One line of communication is kept open. Harivansh.
A query sent to Harivansh for his response did not elicit a response, but his party rubbished the claim and said Kumar would never join hands with the BJP again.
Kishor said, “Those who are thinking that Nitish Kumar is actively forming a national alliance against the BJP, will be surprised to know that he has kept a line open with the BJP. He is in touch with the BJP through his party MP and Rajya Sabha Deputy Chairman Harivansh ji. He suggested that Harivansh should not be asked to resign from his Rajya Sabha post for this reason, even though the JD(U) has severed ties with the BJP.
“People should keep in mind that whenever such situations arise, they can go back to the BJP and work with it,” he said.
The Janata Dal (United) pulled up Kishor, with its spokesperson KC Tyagi saying the Bihar chief minister had publicly declared that he would never again join hands with the BJP in his life.
“We strongly refute their claims. Kumar is more than 50 years and Kishor has been in active politics for six months. Kishor has made such misleading remarks to spread confusion,” Tyagi said.
Kishor started his ‘padayatra’ on October 2 from Gandhi Ashram in Betiharwa, West Champaran. He is determined to complete a 3,500-km journey through Bihar in the next 12-15 months, seeking people’s support to “change” the system.
He was in the JD(U) for less than 18 months before being expelled from the party in 2020 for sharp criticism of Kumar for supporting the BJP over controversial measures like the Citizenship (Amendment) Act. Kumar was then an ally of the BJP.
The JD(U) leader recently severed his party’s ties with the BJP and joined hands with the RJD-Congress-Left alliance in Bihar and vowed to work to forge an alliance against the saffron party at the national level. . He said a united opposition would uproot the BJP from power at the Centre.
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