Poll strategist-turned-politician Prashant Kishor on Sunday renewed his 'mentally unfit' attack on Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar, claiming that his coalition partner BJP has imposed him on the 13 crore people of the state. He first commented on the Bihar Chief Minister's mental health earlier this year and said that whether or not the BJP wins the upcoming Assembly elections, Nitish Kumar will not return to the top post as he is physically tired and mentally unstable.
The Jan Suraaj Party (JSP) chief added that Nitish Kumar is so unfit mentally that he can't even list the names of his Cabinet ministers. Kishor, who led the BJP's poll campaign in the 2014 Lok Sabha elections, argued that it is not possible that PM Modi or Home Minister Amit Shah are not aware of Nitish Kumar's mental condition, but they just want to gain political points in the Chief Minister's name.
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