Nitish Kumar bows, greets PM Modi on stage. RJD posts pic with viral 2013 speech
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In 2013, an upset Nitish Kumar had vowed to never join hands with the BJP, breaking its alliance with the party.
Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar bowed and greeted Prime Minister Narendra Modi on the stage at Yogi Adityanath’s oath ceremony in Lucknow on Friday. What stood out was Nitish Kumar walking in after the prime minister and greeting Yogi Adityanath first, before moving towards PM Modi.
No sooner did Nitish Kumar bow, the Rashtriya Janta Dal, his main political rival in Bihar, began mocking the chief minister, sharing an old video on Twitter where an angry Nitish Kumar vows to never join hands with the BJP.
The post, pinned to the RJD Twitter account, is a photo of Nitish Kumar bowing before Narendra Modi, with his viral 2013 speech superimposed as the background audio.
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In his address to the Bihar Assembly, after a fall out with the BJP in 2013, Nitish Kumar, to roars of support, had famously said: “Under any circumstances, there is no question of returning (to an alliance with the BJP). Whether I stay or go, there will be no understanding with you (the BJP) in the future. It is impossible.”
“ ‘I will return to dust, I will not go to the BJP’. Now all that is left is lying on the ground and holding his feet. Today's picture!” the RJD posted, quoting Nitish Kumar's 2013 speech.
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