It was a mistake to briefly join hands with RJD: Bihar CM Nitish Kumar at PM Modi's rally

Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Friday said that the state was progressing with the help of Prime Minister Narendra Modi-led central government, urging the people to vote for the NDA in the upcoming assembly elections.

Addressing a rally in Samastipur district, from where the Prime Minister launched his campaign for the high-stakes elections, the JD (U) leader took a jibe at RJD president Lalu Prasad indirectly for misgoverning the state and "making his wife the chief minister when he had to step down".

Kumar referred to the resignation of Yadav from the post of chief minister in 1997, following a CBI charge-sheet in fodder scam cases, and the taking over of Rabri Devi.


"He (Prasad) has not mended his ways. After having propped up his wife, he is now busy backing sons and daughters", Kumar said referring to Tejashwi Yadav, the INDIA bloc's chief ministerial candidate, and Misa Bharti, the Pataliputra MP.

"I had brief alliances with his party, only to realise that it was a mistake and I was better off in the coalition I had been a part of since the beginning", said the JD(U) president, who has been an NDA partner, for the most part, since the 1990s.