Nitish Kumar is ‘lying’: Amit Shah at BJP meet

India

oi-Prakash KL

New
Delhi,
Aug
17:
Union
Home
Minister
Amit
Shah,
at
the
BJP
meeting
on
Tuesday,
denied
the
claims
made
by
Nitish
Kumar
that
he
had
not
endorsed
RCP
Singh
as
the
face
of
the
JDU
in
the
Union
Cabinet
and
said
the
Bihar
Chief
Minister
is
“lying”,
as
per
the
NDTV
sources.

The
Bihar
BJP
Core
Committee
meeting
was
conducted
at
party
headquarters
in
Delhi
on
Tuesday
in
the
presence
of
Union
Home
Minister
Amit
Shah
and
the
party’s
national
president
JP
Nadda.
It
comes
a
week
after
JD(U)
ended
its
alliance
with
the
BJP.

Speaking
at
the
meeting,
Amit
Shah
reportedly
claimed
that
Nitish
Kumar
wanted
two
cabinet
berths,
but
the
latter
told
the
former
that
only
one
person
could
be
accommodated.
Then
the
Bihar
CM
endorsed
RCP
Singh’s
name,
sourced
told
the
channel.

However,
the
Union
Home
Minister
had
assured
him
of
rethinking
on
the
decision
later.

RCP
Singh
was
considered
a
close
aide
of
Nitish
Kumar
and
their
relationship
strained
as
Kumar
felt
that
he
had
become
a
proxy
of
Amit
Shah.
As
a
result,
the
Bihar
CM
denied
a
third
Rajya
Sabha
term
for
him.

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