A day after JD(U) leader Nitish Kumar was sworn-in as Bihar Chief Minister for eighth time, he laughed off at senior State BJP leader and party Rajya Sabha MP Sushil Kumar Modi’s claim that he wanted to become Vice-President of India and for this had approached BJP. “Absolutely bogus”, quipped Mr Kumar.
“It’s absolutely bogus…what a joke. I have had no such desire. Let them talk as much about me as they can but I’m not concerned who is saying what. He (Sushil Modi) may have got space in media speaking against me but I’ll not mind”, said Mr Kumar while speaking to media persons in Patna.
Earlier on August 10, senior state BJP leader and party’s Rajya Sabha MP Sushil Kumar Modi, who has been considered close to Mr Kumar in state’s political circle, had claimed that some JD-U leaders had approached BJP to make Nitish Kumar Vice-President of India. “Did they (BJP leaders) know how our party supported their Presidential and Vice-Presidential candidates in poll? We’re waiting for the elections to be over and then we convened our meeting (to form the mahagathbandhan government)”, Mr Kumar added.
