New Delhi: Prashant Kishor, Chief Minister of Bihar Nitish Kumar, number two to Janata Dal United, called his leader today for his claim to be included in the party through a recommendation from the almighty BJP leader, Amit Shah. "If you are telling the truth, who would believe that you still have the courage to not listen to someone recommended by Amit Shah," published Kishor, who publicly asked that Kumar say no to the citizenship law and the National Citizens Register.
Prashant Kishor, Kumar said, was included in the game due to a very strong recommendation. "Amit Shah told me to induce him. Should he have something in mind? He might want to leave ..." Mr. Kumar commented.
"Rahega ta theek, nahi rahega ta theek. (If it stays, it's okay. If it's okay, it's okay)," Kumar told reporters. "Yeah (Prashant Kishor) works as a strategist for different parties, but I'm clarifying one thing, if he wants to stay at the party he will have to adopt the basic structure of the party," said Janata Dal United (JDU) chief.
A few minutes later, Prashant Kishor indicated that he had a lot to say. "Nitish Ji has spoken, you should wait for my answer. I'm going to Bihar to answer him," said Prashant Kishor.
Kumar made the statement on Amit Shah's recommendation in an interview with private television 14 months ago. Kumar's supporters say that his comment on Amit Shah was in bad taste, as only two days ago he raised objections to the private conversations mentioned in a letter written by Pavan Verma.
"In the case of Prashant Kishor, Nitish Babu was unable to practice what he was preaching to the world. Even Amit Shah had not approved Nitish Kumar's statement in the past, saying he shouldn't have revealed these things in public," said one supporter.
Since the citizenship law, which first introduces religion as proof of citizenship, was passed in December with the support of the Nitish Kumar JDU, Prashant Kishor has been arguing loudly against it. He also asked the Prime Minister to reject the NRC in clear and unequivocal terms, a comment that brought him close to a break with the party.
Earlier this month, he drew new lines of the battle with the BJP, tweeting that there would be no implementation of the law or citizenship list in the state. To aggravate him, he also thanked Rahul Gandhi from Congress and his sister, Priyanka Gandhi Vadra, "for his formal and unequivocal refusal of #CAA_NRC", seen as excavation for his boss.
Last month, he launched what was actually a new challenge for the BJP, suggesting that the JDU would get more seats than its partner in the state election scheduled for this year.
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