Bihar CM Nitish Kumar sidesteps query on fighting Lok Sabha poll

Lok Sabha Election 2024: Ahead of the Lok Sabha Election 2024, questions are rising over the prime ministerial candidate representing the opposition. Along with Rahul Gandhi, Nitish Kumar also can contest as he’s a grand outdated man of Bihar politics and has enormous recognition. However, when about the opportunity of him contesting the subsequent yr’s Lok Sabha poll from his pocket borough Nalanda, Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar sidestepped the query. 

JD(U) supremo was an MP from the set till he resigned in 2005 to imagine the very best seat of energy in Bihar. Nonetheless, his celebration has a stronghold and has been capable of retain the seat. 

Sitting MP Kaushalendra Kumar, who’s serving his third consecutive time period, had on Saturday mentioned he was prepared to surrender the seat if his mentor wished to enter the fray, reported PTI. 

Kumar on MP’s assertion

When a journalist approached Bihar CM for hir comment over the MP’s assertion, the longest-serving CM of the state Kumar gave a characteristically cryptic reply. “Just leave it. Why do you worry (chhodiye na aap log kahe chinta karte hain)”, and walked previous the posse of reporters with a smirk on his face.

When Bihar Cm Kumar dumped BJP in August final yr, speculations rises that he might contest from Phulpur in adjoining Uttar Pradesh, a Lok Sabha seat previously represented by Jawahar Lal Nehru. 

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