Nitish dubs Modi as autocrat, says the PM and Amit Shah are rattled

शाह और तानाशाह की जोड़ी को इन चुनावों में बिहार की जनता ने ‘लोक-तांत्रिक’ शक्तियों की ताकत का एहसास करा दिया है| हार सामने देख ये विचलित हैं

— Nitish Kumar (@NitishKumar) October 25, 2015

Addressing a series of election rallies, the Prime Minister on Sunday painted Nitish Kumar and Lalu Prasad as leaders with regressive agenda and with “18th century mindset,” attacking the Bihar Chief Minister over the ‘tantrik’ controversy and said the RJD chief was leading the “Rashtriya Jadu Tona” party.

Kumar on Saturday courted controversy as a video of his meeting with a ‘tantrik’ went viral in which the tantrik was heard asking the JD(U) leader why he had teamed up withPrasad.

Earlier in the day, Kumar attacked Modi for his alleged failure to deliver on his election promises and said the PM had made “tactical silence” a weapon of choice, which was in stark contrast to his “unmatched theatrics and rhetoric by using unsubstantiated facts.”

“Modiji was always unmatched in theatrics, rhetoric and using unsubstantiated facts. Now tactical silence is his new weapon of choice,” Kumar said in a series of tweets aheadof Modi’s rallies in Bihar on Sunday.

“The saga continues, so let us brace ourselves for a repeat performance in Bihar,” he said alluding to Modi’s rhetorical skills.