Bihar CM Nitish Kumar has all qualities to become PM: Upendra Kushwaha

PATNA: JD(U) parliamentary board chairman and former Union minister Upendra Kushwaha on Sunday said the Bihar CM Nitish Kumar was a “PM material”.
“Nitish has the potential and all qualities to become the PM of the country,” Kushwaha told mediapersons here a day after JD(U)’s national executive committee meeting that was held in Delhi.
“People elected Narendra Modi as the PM in 2014 and today he is doing good work. But there are other leaders in the country who have the potential to become the PM. Nitish is one of them,” Kushwaha, who merged his 8-year-old RLSP with JD(U) four months back, said.
Asked whether Nitish will be projected as the PM face, Kushwaha said, “We are in the NDA and firmly support the alliance.”
Kushwaha’s remark came at a time when opposition parties are holding parleys to form a united “third front” against the BJP.
Asked about Kushwaha’s “PM material” remark, Nitish said he had no idea about any such statement (of Upendra). “Why should I be a PM material? There was no such talk at the JD(U) meeting in Delhi on Saturday,” Nitish told reporters outside Patna airport on his return from the national capital.