'It creates confusion': NDA ally dismisses 'Nitish Kumar PM material' remark

Days after senior Janata Dal (United) leader Upendra Kushwaha described Chief Minister Nitish Kumar as 'PM material', NDA ally Hindustani Awam Morcha said leaders of National Democratic Alliance should refrain from making such comments.

The Bharatiya Janata Party-led National Democratic Alliance (NDA) has fresh ripples in Bihar's political waters with coalition constituent Hindustani Awam Morcha (HAM) advising the Janata Dal-United (JDU) not to make statements that "create confusion". Responding to the JDU leader Upendra Kushwaha's remark that Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar "is a PM material, the HAM said leaders of the NDA should refrain from making such comments.