July 31, 2017 by admin

No one capable of challenging Modi in 2019 LS polls: Nitish

Patna, July 31
Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Monday said no one is capable of challenging Prime Minister Narendra Modi in the 2019 Lok Sabha elections.
Days after he walked out of the grand alliance and joined hands with the BJP, Nitish said RJD chief Lalu Prasad Yadav did not give any clarification on corruption charges.
“How could I remain silent as I talked about zero tolerance on corruption,” Nitish told the media here.

Stating that he did not need a certificate of secularism from any one, Nitish said he did undertake many works for the development of minorities.

“I knew that they (RJD and Congress) would raise the issue of secularism. Should we have to tolerate corruption for the sake of secularism,” asked Nitish.
Making a scathing attack on Lalu Prasad, he said they helped Lalu to be a leader after demise of Karpuri Thakur.

“RJD made objectionable statements against grand alliance, but none from JD(U) said anything against RJD’s supreme leader,” Nitish said.
Nitish said he had no option but to walk out of the grand alliance as continuing in it would have meant compromising with corruption.
“There were corruption charges and cases were filed by the CBI (against Lalu Prasad and family). I had only told them to come out with proper answers. Instead they made fun of me saying whether I was a CBI official or the police,” he told a press conference here.
On the issue of vice-presidential election, Kumar said the JD(U) will support the candidature of Gopal Krishna Gandhi.
“We have already given our word to him.”