Nitish Kumar is on political tourism: Sushil Modi on Bihar CM’s Delhi visit

Former Deputy Chief Minister of Bihar and Rajya Sabha MP Sushil Kumar Modi on September 6 took a dig at Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on his Delhi visit. He said that CM Kumar is on a political tour while the people of his state have been facing a flood due to heavy rain in the region.  

He stated that Bihar is drowning in floods and the Chief Minister of the state has arrived in Delhi on political tourism. Mentioning recent visits of Telangana CM K. Chandrashekar Rao (KCR) and West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee to the national capital he said, "Now Nitish Ji has come, the Lok Sabha election is approaching so Nitish Kumar has come to Delhi on political tourism," Modi said.

The water level of River Ganga was reportedly increasing on Saturday, which resulted in flood situations in Bhagalpur city as it even entered the university and colleges.

On Nitish Kumar saying that he is not even a claimant and he does not even desire the PM candidature, BJP's Upper House MP from Bihar further said, "See, he is excited to become the Prime Minister of India (Mann me to laddu fut raha hai PM banne ke liye ) as they are raising slogans, installing posters but he has come on the back foot and they feel that if he would speak for the Prime Minister's post from now on, a problem might arise for non accepting him. Will Arvind Kejriwal accept Rahul Gandhi? Will anyone accepts Mamata Banerjee? Who will accept Nitish Kumar?" he added.

Various posters of Nitish Kumar projecting him as a prime ministerial candidate in the 2024 Lok Sabha election were seen in Patna on Thursday, which promised good governance, and gave the slogan 'Pradesh mein dikha, desh mein dikhega'.

Nitish Kumar arrived Delhi on Monday afternoon to work for Opposition unity for the 2024 Lok Sabha elections as it is his first visit after he broke his alliance with the BJP and joined hands with Tejashwi Yadav's Rashtriya Janata Dal, the Congress and other parties to form a 'Mahagathbandhan' government in Bihar.

(with agency inputs)