Nitish's reason to keep away
In what appears to be a snub to Narendra Modi, JD(U) strongman and Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Monday distanced himself from the fast.
Kumar said the JD(U)’s alliance with the BJP was limited to Bihar and Jharkhand. “We don’t have any tie-up with the BJP in Gujarat, and as such our presence there is unsolicited,” Kumar said.
Nitish’s statement comes a day after JD(U) president Sharad Yadav made fun of Modi’s upwaas (fast) saying it was a “season of fast”.
To a specific query, whether he was miffed with Narendra Modi since the latter might be projected as a prime-ministerial candidate during 2014 Lok Sabha elections, Nitish said: “The BJP has not named its PM candidate. So it’s not proper for me to react on speculative media reports.”
