Nitish Kumar is PM material: Shatrughan Sinha
Patna, July 30: Actor-politician Shatrughan Sinha Tuesday said Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar is prime minister material and praised him like never before.
"Nitish Kumar is certainly PM material," the Bharatiya Janata Party's (BJP) Lok Sabha member from Patna Saheb in Bihar told the media at Patna airport here.
Shatrughan Sinha said Nitish Kumar was a nice human being and a man of principles. "He is a mature politician and a good man."
Asked
about
the
possibility
of
Gujarat
Chief
Minister
Narendra
Modi
becoming
the
BJP's
prime
ministerial
candidate,
Shatrughan
Sinha
said
while
Modi
was
his
"dearest
leader" and
popular
nationally,
Nitish
Kumar
"is
complete
PM
material".
Last week, after Shatrughan Sinha met Nitish Kumar at his official residence, the chief minister praised him.
Also last week, Shatrughan Sinha said he favoured BJP leader L.K. Advani over Modi. He also expressed unhappiness over the sidelining of Advani in the party and its decision making process.
IANS