"INDIA Bloc Hasn't Done Anything For Country": Nitish Kumar At NDA Meet
NDTV
Nitish Kumar - who pivoted from the Congress-led INDIA opposition bloc, which he helped form, just months before the election - also took a jibe at his former allies.
Nitish Kumar on Friday completed the formality of endorsing Narendra Modi for Prime Minister - for a third term - at a meeting of the BJP-led National Democratic Alliance's newly-elected MPs.
The Bihar Chief Minister - who underlined his 'paltu Kumar' sobriquet in January when he pivoted from the INDIA opposition bloc he helped create to the BJP's side - also took a jibe at his former allies, stating the group "has not done any work for the country". The JDU boss also declared "I will be with PM at all times" - a response to critics expecting a sixth political U-turn in a decade.
Nitish Kumar's claim of support for Mr Modi was also an answer to speculation the INDIA bloc - which defied exit polls to slash the BJP's advantage and win 232 seats - had reached out to him.
