Though JD(U) and BJP leaders have distanced themselves from the comment, the Opposition leaders are taking potshots over it. The remaining two phases of the Lok Sabha poll will be held in Bihar on May 12 and May 19. “The NDA is getting votes in the State due to the work of Mr. Kumar and not on Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s face,” he added. “Everybody, including Chief Minister Nitish Kumar, is working to make Mr. Modi the Prime Minister of the country again… if Mr. Baliyavi wants to go somewhere else he should make it clear. This statement is his own opinion and Mr. Kumar has nothing to do with it,” said State BJP leader and MLA Nitin Navin.

Source: The Hindu May 09, 2019 17:26 UTC