Age affecting Nitish Kumar, he has become 'delusional': Prashant Kishor

Hitting back at Nitish Kumar political strategist Prashant Kishor said Sunday that the Bihar chief minister has become delusional and politically isolated and thus speaks things other than what he actually meansHe also said that Kumars age is affecting him and it reflects in his nervousnessKishor was reacting to the chief ministers comment that the political strategist who has recently launched a statewide padayatra to bring Jan Suraj in Bihar was working for the BJP after he claimed that Kumar had asked him to join his Janata Dal United partyHe Kumar said I am working on BJPs agenda and asked him to merge with Congress How is it even possible If I were supporting BJP why would I ask him to strengthen Congress If the second claim is correct the first one gets wrong Kishor told ANIHe Kumar has been affected by his age and has turned delusional He has been politically isolated as he is surrounded by people who he himself does not trust And it is because of this nervousness he speaks other than what he means he addedOf late both Kishor and Kumar have shared allegations against each otherAlso Read Tamil Nadu MK Stalin elected as DMK chief for second timeOn Saturday the Bihar chief minister said Kishor who has helped political parties win elections and influence people is now making baseless claims He added that a few years ago Kishor had advised him to merge his JD U with the Congress On October 5 Kishor had said Kumar had invited him to his residence and offered him to join his party and lead itBut Kishor has dropped enough hints that he aims to launch his own political party after the completion of his yatra He has often said it was time for him to go directly to the peopleKishor launched his padayatra on October 2 from Bhitiharwa Gandhi Ashram He has attacked all political parties that have ruled Bihar saying the state has not changed since 1990 He said people here are bound to migrate to other states in search of employmentKishor has briefly served as the national president of the JD U but was later expelled from the partyIn an interview with ANI last month the strategist had predicted that the current ruling alliance of seven parties Mahagathbandhan will not survive till the next assembly electionIn August Nitish Kumar parted ways with the NDA and rejoined the RJDThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever