In what appears as yet another difference of opinion among Bihar NDA allies regarding distribution of tickets, the state’s Chief Minister Nitish Kumar has called one of BJP spokesperson Shahnawaz Hussain’s comment ‘highly irresponsible’.
Kumar, who is also the party chief of JD(U), BJP’s main ally in Bihar, was responding to a question in an interview on Monday, 1 April.
Hussain, a former cabinet minister had, on 23 March, said in a tweet, that he will not be contesting from the Bhagalpur seat in Bihar, adding that ‘Nitish Kumar’s JD(U) had taken’ his seat along with those of six sitting BJP MPs.