Prashant Kishor claims Nitish Kumar in touch with BJP

Political strategist Prashant Kishor claimed on Wednesday that Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar is in touch with the BJP and that he may go for a tieup with the party again if situation demands so a suggestion dismissed by the JDU as misleading and aimed at spreading confusionKishor who is on a padyatra in Bihar in what is widely seen as a precursor to his fresh entry into active politics told PTI that Kumar has kept a line of communication open with the BJP through JDU MP and Rajya Sabha Deputy Chairperson HarivanshHarivansh declined to comment but his party rejected the claim and asserted that Kumar will never join hands with the BJP againKishor said People who are thinking that Nitish Kumar is actively building a national alliance against the BJP will be surprised to know that he has kept a line open with the BJP He is in touch with the BJP through his party MP and Rajya Sabha Deputy Chairperson Harivansh jiAlso read His political career began just 20 yrs ago Nitishs fresh salvo at Amit ShahHe suggested that Harivansh has not been asked to resign his Rajya Sabha post for this reason even though the JDU has severed ties with the BJPPeople must keep this in mind that whenever such circumstances arise he can go back to the BJP and work with it he saidThe Janata Dal United slammed Kishor with its spokesperson KC Tyagi noting that the Bihar chief minister has publicly announced that he will never again in his life join hands with the BJPWe strongly refute his claims Kumar is in active politics for over 50 years and Kishor for six months Kishor has made such a misleading comment to spread confusion Tyagi saidKishor started his padyatra on October 2 from the Gandhi ashram in Betiharwa in West Champaran He has set out to complete a 3500km journey in the next 1215 months through Bihar seeking peoples support to change the systemHe was in the JDU for less than 18 months before being expelled from the party in 2020 for his strident criticism of Kumar for his support to the BJP over contentious measures like the Citizenship Amendment Act Kumar was then a BJP allyThe JDU leader recently snapped his partys ties with the BJP and joined hands with the RJDCongressLeft alliance in Bihar and has vowed to work to build an alliance against the saffron party at the national level A united opposition will topple the BJP from power at the Centre he has assertedAfter coming to power in Bihar in 2005 as the face of the BJPled NDA Kumar first broke ties with the party in 2013 and joined hands with the RJDled opposition in the state in 2014However he switched sides in 2017 only to dump the BJP again in August this yearThe BJP has accused him of changing alliances due to his greed for powerThis 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