In what may be called a veiled attack on Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar, BJP leer Sanjay Paswan on Saturday said that "some people are high on arrogance and assuming that Bihar is functioning because of m". "Some people under illusion that Bihar is functioning because of m. y should learn simplicity from Bhola Paswan Shastri," Paswan said during an event commemorating former Chief Minister's 105th birth anniversary. "Today's politicians have become shameless. Some of m feel that y are paragons of virtue," he ded.

Nitish Kumar on Friday h said that re is " discord" in BJP-JDU alliance, dismissing rumours about friction between two parties ahe of assembly elections in Bihar next year. "I am targeted only because some people want publicity, it makes m happy. But I work to make people of Bihar happy," Chief Minister h said while dressing JDU leers. "re is discord in our alliance. Those who are trying to create problems will see ir fate after elections," he said.

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Nitish Kumar predicts landslide victory

Nitish Kumar on Friday predicted a landslide victory for NDA in assembly polls due next year, and asserted that those trying to create a rift between his JD(U) and alliance partner BJP will be in trouble. dressing a state council meeting of Janata Dal (United), of which he is national president, Kumar lashed out at his detractors, claiming that people "lacking political acumen" were trying to gain publicity by launching personal attacks on him. "Many of m have shamelessly mitted that y did so because it was ir USP," CM said.

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Sushil Modi backs Nitish Kumar

Taking to Twitter, BJP's Sushil Modi placed his weight behind Bihar CM and JDU chief Nitish Kumar. In a w-deleted tweet, he said that Kumar will be 'captain of Bihar NDA in assembly polls too.' In direct contrast to what his BJP colleague Sanjay Paswan h said a day earlier, deputy CM said that Nitish is successfully defeating rivals so re is need for a new face. He, however, deleted tweet later raising speculations of internal tussle in NDA. Earlier, BJP MLC Sanjay Paswan h said that BJP leer should be me next Chief Minister of Bihar. Clarifying that he is t demeaning or disrespecting JD(U), he went on to ask Nitish Kumar to move to politics in Centre and leave state politics to BJP. He claimed that NDA gets vote in name of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, n chief ministerial candidate should also be a BJP leer. However, his comments seem to have gone wrong with Deputy CM as evident by his tweet. 

(with ANI inputs)

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