New Delhi: Applauding Prime Minister Narenda Modi by shedding all inhibitions, Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar has asserted that Modi is set to return to power in the 2019 Lok Sabha election as no political party or individual has the capability to defeat him.
Mr Kumar, who had once inspired confidence in the Opposition camp of emerging as a formidable challenger to Mr Modi in the next general election said that there was no doubt over Modi`s return to power as nobody can defeat him.
Addressing his first press conference after forming a government with BJP, Nitish said he had complete faith in the PM's intention to crack down on benami assets across the country.
Nitish, who headed the JD(U)-RJD-Congress government in Bihar till last week, ridiculed Rahul Gandhi for his statement that he had come to know about Nitish's intention to join hands with BJP three months ago. "Why didn't the Congress vice-president tell me that when I met him in Delhi recently before parting ways with his party?" the JD(U) president asked.
Nitish explained his decision to walk out of the grand alliance, saying continuing in it would have meant compromising with corruption. "Questions were being raised on my commitment to zero tolerance on corruption after graft charges were levelled by the CBI (against Lalu Prasad 's family)," Nitish said.
"I asked them (RJD) to give point-wise explanation before the people, but they made fun of our party and spokespersons. They asked whether JD(U) spokespersons were CBI or police despite the fact that we had not asked them to give explanation to my party or me. Instead of giving explanation, RJD said it would give explanation when authorities asked for it," Nitish said.