Posters of Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar were put up at JD(U) office in Patna on Thursday, projecting him as the prime ministerial candidate for the 2024 Lok Sabha elections.
However, it is not clear if the posters were put up by the JD(U). Videos of the posters shared by ANI promised good governance and gave the slogan 'Pradesh mein dikha, desh mein dikhega'.
The posters have been put up amid speculations about Nitish Kumar becoming the possible candidate of the joint opposition in the national elections.
Interestingly, the posters have come up a day after an interesting turn of events at press conference by Bihar CM Nitish Kumar and Telangana CM KC Rao in Patna.
Asked whether Nitish Kumar, who for long has been fancied as a potential challenger to charismatic Modi, could be the prime ministerial candidate of a united opposition, KCR said “bade bhai (big brother) Nitish ji is one of the best and senior-most leaders in the country. I am nobody to take a decision. It will be decided when all opposition parties sit together”.
When faced with a pointed query about the role of the Congress in a united opposition and acceptability of Rahul Gandhi, he retorted that “you may be smart but I am smarter. There is no hurry. Everything will be decided in due course”.
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“We must endeavour to drive the BJP out of power, by whatever means possible”, he asserted.
Telangana Chief Minister K Chandrashekar Rao on Wednesday undertook a whirlwind tour of the Bihar capital where he met top political leaders in the state and also gave a call for “BJP mukt Bharat”.
(with inputs from PTI)