Nitish Kumar sidesteps query on fighting 2024 Lok Sabha poll
The Hindu
Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on April 30 sidestepped a query about the possibility of contesting the next year’s Lok Sabha poll from his pocket borough Nalanda.
Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on April 30 sidestepped a query about the possibility of contesting the next year’s Lok Sabha poll from his pocket borough Nalanda.
The JD(U) supreme leader was an MP from the seat until he resigned in 2005 to assume the highest seat of power in the State.
His party, nonetheless, has been able to retain the seat.
Sitting MP Kaushalendra Kumar, who is serving his third consecutive term, had on Saturday said he was willing to give up the seat if his mentor wished to enter the fray.
When journalists approached the Chief Minister with a query on the MP's statement, his reply was characteristically cryptic.
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"Just leave it. Why do you worry ( chhodiye na aap log kahe chinta karte hain)", said the longest-serving CM of the State, as he walked past the posse of reporters with a smirk on his face.
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