Bihar CM Nitish Kumar hints at quitting NDA

Kumar was inaugurating a two-day training programme of JD(U) minorities cell here in his home district of Nalanda and his assertion follows the tough talking by JD(U) at its conclave in the national capital recently.

The hard-hitting statements of Kumar and other JD(U) leaders during the conclave were taken as a message to BJP that it could not remain with it in the event of Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi,who faces the taint of Godhra riots,was made the NDA prime ministerial candidate in the 2014 Lok Sabha polls.

In a veiled attack on his bete noire RJD chief Lalu Prasad Yadav who is making a tour of the state to oust the NDA,Kumar said,”Some people who do not have much work are kneeling before masses seeking pardon for past misdeeds but the public is not ready to give them opportunity to repent.”

Reiterating his demand for special category status for Bihar,the chief minister said if the Centre did not accept it “We will take the privilege on our strength after 2014 general elections.”

State JD(U) chief Bashist Narayan Singh,Water Resources minister Vijay Chaudhary and Minorities Morcha head Abdullah Salam were present on the occasion.