Union Minister Nityanand Rai on Wednesday said that the JD(U) leader will “never be the Prime Minister” of the country, adding that the post of the head of the government is “reserved” for PM Narendra Modi.
He marked this comment while addressing the speculations about Nitish Kumar’s national ambitions in the upcoming 2024 General elections after quitting the NDA,
Speaking to the reporters, Rai said, “Going with RJD and Tejashwi Yadav is a betrayal to the people & mandate of Bihar, to the ideologies of Lohia-JP-George. Going with Congress-RJD proves that Nitish Kumar does everything just to be in power.”
“The youth who had laid down their lives in the 1974 agitation (Bihar movement) from the entire country including Bihar, Nitish Kumar has betrayed their blood by tying up with Congress and RJD. His move has proved that he does everything only for power. What does it mean to compromise with 15-year-long terror and anarchy?” he said.
Stating that the people of the country have made up their minds and blessed Narendra Modi “to be the prime minister for a lifetime”, Rai said that they (people) will not accept anybody else on the post.
“The people of not only Bihar but the entire country have made up their minds and blessed Narendra Modi to be the prime minister for a lifetime. The people of this country will not accept anybody else as their PM if there is Narendra Modi. He will never be the Prime Minister. The post of PM is reserved for PM Modi because the poor got its massiha for the first time,’ Rai added.
Tarkishore Prasad, who was Nitish’s Deputy in the NDA government from which Kumar walked out yesterday, said that the people of Bihar will give a “befitting reply” if a leader acts as per his “own personal ambitions”.
“In 2017 Nitish Kumar said RJD trying to break JD(U). Yesterday, he said BJP trying to break his party. His decision to split from BJP was well-thought-out. If a leader acts as per his own personal ambitions, Bihar will give a befitting reply,” Prasad said.
