BJP, JD(U) slam Prashant Kishor for ‘insulting’ Nitish Kumar

PATNA: Hours after his outburst against CM Nitish Kumar on Tuesday, senior BJP and JD(U) functionaries hit out at poll strategist Prashant Kishor and described him as a “hypocrite”.
“It is a unique hypocrisy that someone terms a person father figure and soon selects a very objectionable word like ‘pichhlaggu’ against him,” deputy CM Sushil Kumar Modi said.
Making a vitriolic attack on Kishor, Modi added, “A person who himself trumpeted about having worked for victory of Narendra Modi in 2014 Lok Sabha polls should explain as to why he did not consider BJP as the follower of Nathuram Godse then. Nitish has been with BJP for a long time. Kishor should explain why he described Nitish as ‘Godsewadi’ just eight months before Bihar elections,” Modi said.
Making a sarcastic comment on Kishor’s ‘poll strategist’ designation, the deputy CM said, “People involved in the profession of event management do not hold any ideology of their own, but they happen to be an expert in fast adopting the ideology and language of their sponsors.”
JD(U) national secretary general K C Tyagi also lashed out at Kishor for describing Nitish as ‘pichhlaggu’. “Kishor is not a political personality. His views are not significant at all. I would be happy if he forms a political party in Bihar to take on Nitish ji. Politics is not Kishor’s cup of tea. His statements are damaging the image of Bihar,” Tyagi said.
JD(U)’s Rajya Sabha member R C P Singh also criticised Kishor for raising fingers on Nitish’s development model.