Nitsh kumar will support NDA, suspense end

Nitish kumar end the suspense and said he is with NDA. Being wooed by the Congress and the Left alike, Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar today denied he was in talks with any party beyond the constituents of his own NDA, which he claimed will be able to get a majority on its own after the Lok Sabha elections. "How many times do you expect me to deny that I am in talks with the Left? I have done it more than half a dozen times already. I have neither been approached nor have I reached out to them. I am in touch with only the NDA partners," he told reporters before leaving to address an election rally of the alliance at Ludhiana.

Kumar's statement came close on the heels of West Bengal Chief Minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee's claim that he was in touch with the Left and would go with them after the polls and CPI(M) general secretary Prakash Karat reaching out to him. "JD(U) and NCP have a significant role to play after the elections," Karat had said, suggesting Kumar to break ties with the saffron party.