Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on September denied speculations of returning to the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) led National Democratic Alliance (NDA) and termed it rubbish. Mr. Kumar stressed that he is more concerned towards strengthening the Indian National Developmental, Inclusive Alliance (INDIA) bloc.
Mr. Kumar said this while responding to the journalist’s question at a State event where he paid the floral tribute to the statue of Pandit Deendayal Upadhyaya, the co-founder of Jana Sangh on his birth anniversary.
After the recent rally of Union Home Minister Amit Shah in Jhanjharpur last week where he made a guarded attack on Rashtriya Janata Dal supremo Lalu Prasad leaving Mr. Kumar in his speech, the talk and speculation got the momentum of Mr. Kumar returning to NDA. Exchanging pleasantries with Prime Minister Narendra Modi at the recent G-20 event in New Delhi had also raised eyebrows.
