Am not in presidential race: Bihar CM Nitish Kumar
India Today
Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar has clarified that he is not in the presidential race. The election for the country's highest constitutional post will be held on July 18 and the counting for it will take place on July 21.
Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Monday categorically said he is not in the race in the July presidential election setting to rest speculations on it.
“I am not in the race to become the country's next president, nor am I going anywhere. Such reports are unfounded and are mere speculations,” he said to queries by scribes on the sidelines of his weekly public outreach programme. .
The election for the country's highest constitutional post will be held on July 18 and the counting for it will take place on July 21.
"I repeat I am not in the race to become the country’s next president,” was his curt reply when asked to comment on Bihar Rural Development Minister Shrawan Kumar comment on his being a worthy candidate for the post,
Immediately after announcement of the schedule for the presidential poll on June 9, Shrawan Kumar, who is also a senior JD(U) leader, had said Nitish Kumar has all the abilities required for being president.
He had also said "Being a Bihari, I wish that Nitish Kumar will become president of India" and though he is not in the race "Every person would want him to become the president of the country".
"He is a better candidate for the post and he can shoulder the responsibility well," the minister had insisted.
