Amid an escalating war of words, political strategist Prashant Kishor took a sly dig at Bihar chief minister Nitish Kumar telling him he “cannot have both ways all the time”.
He also asked the Janata Dal (United) founder to ask his MP to quit the Rajya Sabha Deputy Chairman post if he has no ties with its previous ally Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP).
Kishor’s retort came a day after Nitish Kumar had rubbished claims that he was still in touch with the BJP.
Taking to his official Twitter handle, the political strategist said, “#NitishKumar ji if you have nothing to do with BJP / NDA then ask your MP to quit the post of Deputy Chairman of Rajya Sabha.”
“You can’t have both ways all the time,” he tweeted further.
, Nitish Kumar refused to respond to the claims made by Prashant Kishor and said he is resorting to a publicity stunt.
Kumar was responding to Kishor’s claim that his channels with BJP are not yet closed even as he left the NDA in August this year to rejoin hands with RJD.
“Kindly don’t ask me about him. He speaks for his own publicity and can speak whatever he wants, we don’t care. He’s young. There was a time when I respected him…those whom I respected had disrespected me,” said Kumar.
Nitish Kumar had broken off ties with BJP in August this year and taken oath again as Bihar Chief Minister after rejoining hands with Rashtriya Janata Dal and other parties in the Mahagathbandhan.
Kishor said some people think that Nitish Kumar is working towards a big alliance against the BJP at the Centre but “this is not very credible”. He said of 17 years that Nitish Kumar has been chief minister, he has held the post with support of BJP for 14 years.
