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Both sides play down Tuesday evening's 'courtesy call', but could this be the right time for the twain to meet again
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At junction of their new paths, Prashant Kishor meets Nitish Kumar
Both sides play down Tuesday evening's 'courtesy call', but could this be the right time for the twain to meet again
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Patna | Updated: September 15, 2022 8:13:53 am
Bihar CM Nitish Kumar (left) and poll strategist Prashant Kishor (right). (PTI Photo)Days after their public dismissal of each other, political strategist Prashant Kishor met Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Tuesday evening. While Kishor did not comment, and Nitish played down the meeting as a “courtesy call”, the surprise development has set political circles abuzz, given the history between the two, and the future both are seeking for themselves.
In a fortnight from now, on October 2, Kishor is set to start a Bihar padyatra, seen as a precursor to his formal plunge into electoral politics. He wants to offer the state “alternative politics”, he says.
Nitish, meanwhile, has again shrugged off ties with the BJP, and now in the Mahagathbandhan camp, has been talking of fighting the saffron party tooth and nail. And, should the chips fall right (and the Opposition parties fall in), hopes of leading that fight.
Confirming the meeting with Kishor, Nitish said Wednesday: “Anyone can meet me. It was a courtesy meeting.”
Asked if Kishor could rejoin him, the CM said: “There is no such thing, you may speak to him.” After working as the JD(U) poll strategist in the 2015 Assembly polls, Kishor had gone on to join the party, and was straightaway inducted as vice-president by Nitish.
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