"Nitish Kumar Has Put Chameleons To Shame": BJP Leader

Sushil Modi claimed that Nitish Kumar had felt "suffocated in the 20 months he ran his government in alliance with the RJD earlier.

Senior BJP leader Sushil Kumar Modi on Monday asserted that the doors of his party were "permanently shut" for Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar who dumped it last month, causing the saffron party to lose power in the state.

Mr Modi, widely perceived to have been sidelined in his party on account of his proximity to Mr Kumar, came out with a statement claiming that it will not be long before the JD(U) leader did yet another volte-face.

The former Bihar deputy CM, who has transitioned into a virulent critic of his ex-boss, alleged, "Nitish Kumar has put chameleons to shame in changing colours."

Mr Modi, often credited with having wooed back Kumar into the NDA five years ago, was peeved at the chief minister having told his party workers on Sunday that aligning with the BJP again in 2017 "was a mistake".