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Days After Criticising Him, Prashant Kishor Meets Nitish Kumar

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Amidst political upheaval in Bihar, political strategist Prashant Kishor met Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Tuesday. This has been confirmed by the CM himself, NDTV reported. At the same time, Nitish Kumar also told that Pawan Verma had also come to meet him. Pavan Varma had earlier left JDU and joined TMC. Now that he has quit TMC as well, there is speculation about the return of the former Rajya Sabha MP to JDU.

When journalists asked Nitish Kumar what transpired in meeting with Prashant Kishor, Nitish Kumar said that no special conversation took place. โ€œWhatโ€™s wrong with meeting someone? If someone says they want to meet you, then why would not I meet them. I already have a relationship. However, no specific talks have taken place,โ€ Nitish Kumar said.

When reporters Mr Kumar about him being angry at Prashant lately, he responded saying there was no resentment. When asked if they are contemplating to come together, the Bihar CM said the reporters should ask this question to Mr Kishor.

At the same time, on the statements of his cabinet colleague Sudhakar Singh regarding corruption, Nitish Kumar said: โ€œWe do not want to say anything on this. We wanted to know from him yesterday, but he didnโ€™t even speak.โ€

At the same time, on the Begusarai incident, Nitish said that the officials have been asked to keep an eye.

Prashant Kishor had earlier made several statements against the Bihar CM after he quit the alliance with BJP and joined hands with Lalu Yadavโ€™s RJD.

When Mr Kishor was asked by reporters on Saturday regarding Mr Kumar being upset at him, he had said that nobody takes Bihar chief ministerโ€™s talks seriously.

โ€œWhoโ€™ll take his talks seriously?โ€ฆ He just left BJP a month ago and is (now) meeting leaders and parties in opposition to BJP. But doing that wonโ€™t make much of a difference. We need a credible face for that, public faith, workforce and mass movement,โ€ the poll strategist had said.

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Mamta Banerjee Accusses BJP Workers of Voilence During Protest

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Mamta Banerjee

Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday accused  BJP workers in the state of indulging in violence during protests against her government and said action will be taken against those creating nuisance.

Kolkata: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday accused Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) workers in the state of indulging in violence during protests against her government and said action will be taken against those creating nuisance.

โ€œPeople were harassed and public properties vandalised and destroyed. You canโ€™t have goons and bombs brought in, in the name of protests. Remember, police and fringe elements cannot go together. No anti-social activity will get any cover under the garb of politics, the police will take action if that happens,โ€ Banerjee said. Her remarks came after clashes broke out in several parts of the state as workers left for Kolkata to take part in Nabanna Abhiyan on Tuesday.

Banerjee also claimed that BJP had brought workers from other states for the protests. She also defended the police action against the protestors.

โ€œThe police officers could have fired in the air, but they were very measured in their response. This cannot happen, you cannot book trains and bring people from other states to create a nuisance in Bengal,โ€ she added.

Banerjee said she was not against democratic protests.
โ€œSince they donโ€™t have numbers, they resorted to bombs and goondaism to create violence. I have never stopped democratic protests, you work in a democratic way, and no one will stop you. But in the name of andolan (agitation), you canโ€™t get bombs and break heads. I pray for those who were injured, and hope they get well soon.โ€

Banerjee made the comments after addressing an administrative review meeting of Purba Medinipur.
Earlier on Tuesday, Kolkata Police detained Leader of Opposition in West Bengal Assembly Suvendu Adhikari and MP Locket Chatterjee ahead of Bharatiya Janata Partyโ€™s (BJP) protest march to state secretariat โ€˜Nabannaโ€™.

The BJP leaders were detained from Hastings in Kolkata when they were leading the Nabanna Chalo Abhiyan. Adhikari, Chatterjee and BJP leader Rahul Sinha were taken to Kolkata Police headquarters in Lalbazar.Before the detention, Adhikari said Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee had lost the support of people and turned West Bengal into North Korea.

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โ€œChief Minister Mamata does not have the support of her people and so she is enforcing dictatorship, similar to North Korea in Bengal. Police will have to pay for what it is doing since Monday. BJP is coming,โ€ Adhikari told to sources.

Kolkata Police has put up heavy barricading at Hastings near the state governmentโ€™s new Secretariat in Kolkata ahead of BJPโ€™s Nabanna Chalo march.

Buses carrying BJP workers, on their way to Kolkata to participate in the Nabanna Chalo march, were stopped by the police in North 24 Parganas. A clash also broke out between BJP workers and Police outside the Raniganj railway station as workers leave for Kolkata to take part in Nabanna Abhiyan on Tuesday.
Police took many workers into preventive custody in Raniganj.

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