Political analyst Prashant Kishor responded to Nitish Kumar on Sunday, claiming that the Bihar chief minister has become “delusional” and “politically isolated,” and as a result, speaks differently from what he means.
He added that Kumar’s advancing age is having an impact on him and is evident in his “nervousness”. Kishor was responding to the chief minister’s remark that the politician, who had just started a statewide “padayatra” to bring “Jan Suraj” to Bihar, was “working for the BJP,” after he claimed that Kumar had urged him to join his Janata Dal (United) party.
“He (Kumar) said I am working on BJP’s agenda and asked him to merge with Congress. How is it even possible? If I were supporting the BJP, why would I ask him to strengthen the Congress? If the second claim is correct, the first one gets wrong,” Kishor said.
“He (Kumar) has been affected by his age and has turned delusional. He has been politically isolated as he is surrounded by people who he himself does not trust. And it is because of this nervousness that he speaks other than what he means,” he added.
Recently, Kishor and Kumar have both made accusations against the other.
The chief minister of Bihar claimed on Saturday that Kishor, who has assisted political parties in winning elections and influencing people, is currently making unfounded assertions. He continued by saying that Kishor had previously persuaded him to combine his JD (U) with the Congress. Kishor claimed that on October 5th, Kumar had invited him to his home and offered to lead and join his party.
But Kishor has made enough inferences to suggest that after his yatra is over, he intends to start his own political party. He has frequently remarked that now was the moment “to get directly to the people.”
On October 2, Kishor set out on his “padayatra” from the Bhitiharwa Gandhi Ashram. He has criticised every political party that has held power in Bihar, claiming that nothing has changed there since 1990. According to him, residents of this state would inevitably leave to seek employment in other states.
Kishor briefly held the position of JD (U) national president before being ousted.
The strategist predicted that the current Mahagathbandhan coalition of seven parties would not continue until the next assembly election in an interview last month.
Nitish Kumar left the NDA and returned to the RJD in August.