<p>Bihar's former Chief Minister Nitish Kumar today congratulated arch-rival Prime Minister-designate Narendra Modi.<br /><br /></p>.<p>"I congratulate and greet Narendra Modi for his victory and becoming the PM-designate," he said in a Facebook post.<br /><br />Kumar's gesture followed Modi congratulating Bihar Chief Minister Jitan Ram Manjhi.<br /><br />In the post, Kumar also gave the reasons for giving up the chief minister's post.<br /><br />"I did not get majdoori (wage) for my labour in the results of general elections. I thought I need to win your faith once more and resigned on moral grounds," he wrote.<br /><br />"I have given up chair but not my responsibility towards Bihar. Once again I will try to win your trust and support for making a strong and prosperous Bihar and a lively India," he said.<br /><br />"I have never practised politics of comfort and compromised with my ideology... I am son of a freedom fighter...my life is an open book and I have never tried to win peoples trust my marketing myself," he said.</p>
<p>Bihar's former Chief Minister Nitish Kumar today congratulated arch-rival Prime Minister-designate Narendra Modi.<br /><br /></p>.<p>"I congratulate and greet Narendra Modi for his victory and becoming the PM-designate," he said in a Facebook post.<br /><br />Kumar's gesture followed Modi congratulating Bihar Chief Minister Jitan Ram Manjhi.<br /><br />In the post, Kumar also gave the reasons for giving up the chief minister's post.<br /><br />"I did not get majdoori (wage) for my labour in the results of general elections. I thought I need to win your faith once more and resigned on moral grounds," he wrote.<br /><br />"I have given up chair but not my responsibility towards Bihar. Once again I will try to win your trust and support for making a strong and prosperous Bihar and a lively India," he said.<br /><br />"I have never practised politics of comfort and compromised with my ideology... I am son of a freedom fighter...my life is an open book and I have never tried to win peoples trust my marketing myself," he said.</p>