(NDTV)
Jeers from the Grand Alliance flying left and right over “un-named” Chief Ministerial candidate of the NDA, Union Home Minister and the BJP’s chief strategist Amit Shah cleared the air today, confirming that Nitish Kumar will continue to occupy Bihar’s top post if the ruling alliance retains power.
“Bihar mein na CM ka pad khali hain a Delhi mein PM ka pad khali hai… yahan Nitish Kumar hain, aur Lalu ji, Sonia ji, wahan PM Modi hain (neither the Chief Minister post in Bihar nor the Prime Minister’s seat in Delhi is vacant. Nitish Kumar is here and Lalu ji, Sonia ji, PM Modi there),” Shah said at a public meeting in Bihar today.
Then came a jibe at the top leaders of the Rashtriya Janata Dal and the Congress. “Aapka number nahin lagega (Lalu, Sonia You won’t get a chance),” he added. The Grand Alliance had smarted for long under BJP jibes over its tardy progress in terms of campaigning, seat sharing talks and the absence of Congress’s Rahul Gandhi from Ground Zero.
