Nitish-Prashant Kishor spar: Nitish Kumar has become dilusional and politically isolated, retorts Kishor

Kishor is currently undertaking padyatra across Bihar and is criss-crossing West Champaran district since October 2.

A day after Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar claimed that poll strategist Prashant Kishor has been working for BJP in Bihar and once had asked him to merge his party JD(U) with the Congress Party, Mr Kishor on October 9, 2022 retorted that Nitish Kumar has become delusional and politically isolated as age has been showing its impact on him.

Mr Kishor is currently undertaking his 3,500 km padyatra (foot march) across Bihar and is criss-crossing West Champaran district since October 2.

“Age is gradually showing its impact on Nitish ji. He wants to say something but speaks something else. If I’m working on BJP’s agenda, why should I advised him to merge his party with the Congress to strengthen it? How could both be correct?. He is getting delusional, nervous and become politically isolated. He is, these days, surrounded by those whom he himself can’t trust”, Mr Kishor said in a video release from a village in Champaran district.

Earlier on October 8, chief minister Nitish Kumar had said that Mr Kishor has been working in Bihar these days on BJP’s agenda and speaking against me and them (pointing towards RJD leader and Deputy Chief Minister Tejashwi Yadav who was standing beside him). “He speaks something to appease them (BJP) to get something at the Center”, Mr Kumar said while throwing a broad smile on his face.

“Once four-five years ago he (Mr Kishor) had advised me to merge my party with the Congress Party. Let him speak whatever he wants, we’ve nothing to do with it”, said Mr Kumar while speaking to media persons on Saturday. When asked about his recent meeting with Mr Kishor, Mr Kumar added, “ hum nahi bulaye the, apne aaya tha (I did not call him, he himself had come)”.

Mr Kishor, though, had said earlier that Mr Kumar had invited him at his official residence 1, Anne Marg and offered to “lead his party” but, he refused his offer.

Mr Kishor had joined JD(U) as national vice-president in 2018 and Mr Kumar had introduced him before media persons as “future of Bihar”. However, later, he was expelled from the party over issues of Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) and National Register of Citizens (NRC).