Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar has slammed former Deputy Chief Minister Sushil Modi’s remarks that he aspired to become Vice- President. “You heard a man (Sushil Modi) say that I wanted to be Vice President. What a joke! It’s bogus. I had no such desire. Did they forget how much our party supported them? Let them talk against me so that they get a position again,” Nitish told ANI .
Nitish took oath for the 8th time as Chief Minister yesterday and formed the mahagathbandhan 2.0 with with Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) leader Tejashwi Yadav taking oath as Deputy Chief Minister. Earlier Nitish had dramatically in swift move dumped BJP and moved out of NDA. The new government has support of 164 MLA’s in the assembly
Earlier BJP leader and former Bihar deputy chief minister Sushil Kumar Modi in tweet suggested that the fallout between his party and Nitish Kumar’s JD(U) could be linked to the Chief Minister’s desire to become the country’s vice president.
Nitish wanted to become Vice President of India .Many JDU senior leaders sounded BJP Ministers if it is possible.@ANI @ABPNews @ZeeBiharNews @News18India
— Sushil Kumar Modi (@SushilModi) August 10, 2022