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Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Friday refused to comment on the claim made by political strategist Prashant Kishor that the former was still in touch with the BJP and said he keeps talking rubbish. The political strategist on Thursday claimed that Kumar is in touch with the BJP and he might once against tie up with the party if the situation demands. What should I say on this.he (Prashant) keeps talking rubbish. He makes such statements just for his publicity. Everybody knows that he is working for which party, Kumar remarked in reply to questions from journalists who sought his views on Kishor's claims that the CM is still in touch with the saffron party. Kishor had also told PTI on Wednesday that Kumar has kept a line of communication open with the BJP through JD (U) MP and Rajya Sabha deputy chairman, Harivansh. "After having snapped ties with the BJP, Nitish Kumar should have asked Harivansh to step down. If he insisted on occupying the post, he could have been expelled f
Still licking their wounds after the electoral debacle, the BSP and SP on Tuesday said they were going their own ways to contest the Assembly elections in 11 seats in Uttar Pradesh after Mayawati first announced her decision to go it alone saying the Yadav community did not support the grand alliance in the Lok Sabha polls.However, she maintained that the break is not "permanent" and the two parties can come together in future.Claiming that the Samajwadi Party's (SP) vote base, the Yadav community, did not support the alliance in the recent elections, Bahujan Samaj Party chief Mayawati today announced that she will fight the by-polls to 11 assembly seats in Uttar Pradesh alone, but maintained this is not a "permanent break" with her alliance with the SP."It's not a permanent break. If we feel in future that SP Chief succeeds in his political work, we will again work together. But if he doesn't succeed, it will be good for us to work separately. So we have decided to fight the ...