The Bihar CM’s remarks came after Prashant Kishor criticised the NRC and the CAA. The latter Bill was supported by the JD(U) in the Parliament.
New Delhi| Considering that the CM has all along been seen to have shielded the outspoken JDU leader, Nitish Kumar’s blunt remark about Prashant Kishor is a surprising shift.
“Someone wrote a letter, I replied to it. Someone is tweeting, let him tweet. What do I have to do with it? One can stay in the party JD(U) till he wants, he can go if he wants…,” Kumar was quoted by ANI as saying.
Prashant Kishor, a master poll strategist and ex-diplomat Pavan K Varma have been two prominent critics of the amended citizenship law that have led to protests in many parts of the country. Both had publicly questioned Nitish Kumar’s stand on the law.
Pavan K Varma last week wrote an open letter to the CM that reminded Kumar about his “real” opinion of the BJP, its leadership and policies. Kumar did not give a formal reply but told reporters that he was free to leave the party.
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“Already he works as a strategist for various parties, but I’m making one thing clear, if he wants to remain in the party he will have to adopt the basic structure of the party,” said the Janata Dal United (JDU) chief.
Nitish Kumar said that Prashant Kishor was joined in the party on Amit Shah’s recommendation.
Prashant Kishor, master poll strategist and JDU’s 2nd most important in the hierarchy, also got an alarming reminder from his boss about the reason he is in the party.
“If he does all this, he must be wanting to go. He must want to go somewhere else,” Nitish Kumar said.
He also stated that unrest over the CAA had been going on for quite some time and there was now a need for “normalising the situation.”
Iterating his resistance to nationwide NRC, the Bihar CM noted with satisfaction, “The PM, too, has clarified that such a move is not in the offing.”
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