Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar was today quoted by a magazine as saying that he will break his alliance with BJP if Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi is made its prime ministerial candidate and also that he was open to a post-poll tie-up with the Congress.
The Chief Minister, however, immediately denied as having given any such interview and said that 'The Week', the magazine concerned, had removed it from the website. The Week maintained that the interview had been conducted.
The magazine quoted Nitish, a senior JD(U) leader, as having said that he will discontinue his alliance with the BJP "within minutes" if Modi was made the prime ministerial candidate.
The chief minister was also quoted as having said that if the Congress promises to meet his demands he was open to the idea of a post-poll tie-up with that party after the next Lok Sabha elections. General Elections are due in 2014.
Published 15 August 2012, 15:34 IST