No One Wants To Take Nitish Kumar In Alliance: Poll Strategist Prashant Kishor ((image: twitter.com/jansuraajonline)

Poll strategist Prashant Kishor took a jibe at Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar and said that he wanted to become Prime Minister candidate from Opposition alliance but couldn”t even become the convenor. Prashant Kishor has been heading a padayatra titled Jan Suraaj Yatra across his home state Bihar over an year now.

Election strategist has also mentioned how he has been given false promises by Nitish Kumar and then sidelined after the winning election. “In 2015, Nitish Kumar had announced me as his successor, but then after winning elections he sidelined me as he thought Prashant Kishor might become big,” Times Algebra quotes as he is saying.

“Today, Nitish Kumar has become a huge burden as a politician & no-one wants to take him in alliance,” he added.

On Friday, Nitish Kumar was unanimously re-elected as Janata Dal (United) Chief, months ahead of Lok Sabha polls, and announced that they will lead seat-sharing talking with INDIA bloc alliance and will begin campaign from January. While addressing the media after the meeting, JD(U) leader KC Tyagi called Nitish Kumar as the “Prime Minister of Ideas” of the INDIA alliance.

“(Bihar CM) Nitish Kumar is the convenor and Prime Minister of the ideas of the INDIA alliance. He has given so much priority to the issue of social justice,” NDTV reports as Tyagi is saying.

This sudden move from JD(U) leaders came as they have been reportedly upset about Nitish Kumar not being given the due recognition in the Alliance, and there were also reports that Nitish Kumar was upset over proposing Mallikarjun Kharge”s name as the bloc”s Prime Minister in their meeting. He later dismissed the fact that he was unhappy.

INDIA (Indian National Developmental Inclusive Alliance) bloc is a 28 party grouping formulated to present a united front against the ruling BJP in the 2024 General Elections.