New Delhi, September 16: The Chief Minister of Bihar, Nitish Kumar on Thursday said that his Gujarat counterpart Narendra Singh Modi would not be allowed to campaign in Bihar Assembly elections.
Addressing a press conference in the national capital, Nitish said that neither Modi will come to Bihar during the Assembly polls nor he will campaign in the elections.
BJP vice president Muktar Abbas Naqvi on Monday announced that Modi will be a part of Assembly polls in the state. Nitish said that Naqvi’s statement was personal matter of the saffron party
Naqvi’s statement triggered off a fresh controversy between the BJP and JDU.
Meanwhile, the national spokesman of JDU Shivanand Tiwary reacted sharply to Naqvi’s statement, he said that the party should review its ties with BJP if the saffron party insists on bringing Modi for electioneering in Bihar polls.
However, the word war is on between BJP and JDU over Modi. Earlier, BJP leader Giriraj Singh slammed Tiwari, saying that instead of speaking out in media he should directly ask Nitish Kumar to snap ties with BJP.
—Agencies