On Bihar BJP chief's 'mitti mein mila denge' remark, Nitish says saffron party leaders brainless

It seems there is no end to the war of words between JD (U) and BJP leaders. Bihar BJP chief Samrat Choudhary fired a salvo against Chief Minister Nitish Kumar alleging that he betrayed BJP, which made him the Chief Minister five times.

Patna:Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar said leaders of the saffron party have become brainless retorting to Bihar BJP president Samrat Choudhary's remark. Nitish was replying to a question from scribes about the BJP chief's remark that Kumar will be turned to dust (mitti mein mila denge') in the next general elections for his betrayal.

They (BJP) are brainless people. Tell him (Samrat Choudhary) to do what he said. I have never used such words in my entire political career. No sensible politicians use such words. I have also worked with Atal Bihari Vajpayee, I have a lot of respect for him. The state BJP president had said at a function here on Saturday that Nitish Kumar had backstabbed the BJP and joined hands with RJD chief Lalu Prasad to pursue' his Prime Ministerial ambitions.

With the help of the the BJP, Nitish Kumar became the Chief Minister five times. Now the JD (U) will bite the dust. BJP will grind Nitish Kumar into dust in the 2024 Lok Sabha polls as well as the Assembly elections in Bihar in 2025. It may be recalled that Nitish had dumped the BJP and formed the Mahagathbandhan government with RJD, Congress and other parties in August 2022. On his measures to form an alliance of opposition parties against the BJP ahead of the 2024 Lok Sabha polls, the Bihar CM said, We are trying to unite more and more parties in the country against the BJP. We will make all efforts and work unitedly".

"I recently met several opposition leaders in New Delhi. My aim is to unite opposition parties against the BJP before the general elections. When asked about his plans to meet West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, Kumar said, Whenever, I meet her, I will inform you. During his recent visit to Delhi, Nitish and Deputy CM Tejashwi Yadav met AICC president Mallikarjun Kharge and Congress leader Rahul Gandhi. Besides, he met several other opposition leaders, including Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal. Nitish has already clarified that he has no Prime Ministerial ambitions. On several occasions in the past, Kumar said he was looking forward to playing a positive role in forging opposition unity against the ruling NDA at the Centre. (With agency inputs)