Bihar CM Nitish Kumar Tries To Touch Narendra Modi's Feet [Viral Video]

Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar tried to touch the feet of Narendra Modi at the NDA meeting in Parliament on Friday.

In the video, the Bihar CM tries to show his respect to Modi by touching his feet, but the latter stops him and shakes his hands.

Newly elected MPs of the BJP-led National Democratic Alliance held a meeting on Friday in Parliament to elect Narendra Modi as their leader, paving the way for him to take oath as prime minister for a third term.

Nitish's gesture is seen as his strong support to the NDA as a section of people were hoping him to ditch the NDA and join the hands of the opposition parties which have reportedly offered him the Deputy PM post.

The video of the incident has now gone viral.

Speaking at the event, Bihar CM- said, "All the pending works of Bihar will be done. It is a very good thing that all of us have come together and we will all work together with you (PM Modi). You will be swearing in as the Prime Minister on Sunday, but I wanted you to do it today itself. Whenever you take the oath, we will be with you...We will all work together under your leadership..."

Senior members of the alliance like TDP's N Chandrababu Naidu, Shiv Sena's Eknath Shinde, LJP chief Chirag Paswan, Jitan Ram Manjhi, Anupriya Patel, Pawan Kalyan were among the NDA leaders present on the main dais, alongside senior BJP leaders.

The NDA has 293 MPs, comfortably above the majority mark of 272 in the 543-member Lok Sabha.

On his turn, TDP chief N Chandrababu Naidu, "...Narendra Modi has a vision and a zeal, his execution is very perfect. He is executing all his policies with a true spirit...Today, India is having the right leader - that is Narendra Modi. This is a very good opportunity for India, if you miss now, we will miss forever..."