Nitish "betrayed" BJP because of "PM ambitions": Amit Shah slams Bihar CM

"I have never seen in my life a man who spouts lies so blatantly (itna jhooth bolne wala) and so treacherous (itna vishwasghat karne wala)," Amit Shah.

Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Saturday slammed Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar, saying the doors of the BJP has been forever closed.

Addressing a conclave of farmers and labourers in Patna, Amit Shah accused Kumar of joining hands with former adversaries Congress and RJD and "betrayed" the BJP because of his "Prime Ministerial ambitions". The Union Home Minister said that the BJP will form next government in Bihar "with Prime Minister Narendra Modi in the saddle for yet another term in office after the 2024 elections", according to a report in PTI.

"Nitish babu had ditched us in the past", said Shah, referring to the break-up in 2013, "but we reposed trust in him again in 2017. We won more seats than his JD(U) in the 2019 Lok Sabha elections and the assembly polls a year later, still, Prime Minister Narendra Modi pitched for his return as the chief minister". "Now Nitish babu is sitting at the doorsteps (dagar par) of (RJD supremo) Lalu Prasad. A time will come when it will be his turn to suffer vishwasghaat (betrayal). But Nitish babu, now you shall never be admitted into the NDA", the senior BJP leader said.

"I have never seen in my life a man who spouts lies so blatantly (itna jhooth bolne wala) and so treacherous (itna vishwasghat karne wala)," said Shah, visibly peeved at Kumar's claim, before quitting the NDA last year, that the BJP had tried to split the JD(U).

Amit Shah spoke at the "Kisan Mazdur Samagam", organised in memory of legendary peasant leader and freedom fighter Swami Sahajanand Saraswati, in presence of a host of top party leaders, including cabinet colleagues Giriraj Singh and Ashwini Kumar Choubey besides senior BJP leaders like Sushil Kumar Modi and Ravi Shankar Prasad.

On the other hand, Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Saturday said that the BJP will be restricted under 100 seats in the 2024 Lok Sabha elections, if all the opposition parties fight unitedly. "When I left them (BJP) and came here, different parties from every state across the country called me and thanked me and asked me to remain united. Now we are only waiting for the Congress. If all the opposition parties come together and fight the 2024 Lok Sabha elections together then the BJP will be restricted under 100 seats. If everyone unites then it will be a big thing. I was waiting for this," Ani quoted the Bihar CM as saying in Purnea.

He said that his only goal was to unite the opposition to defeat the BJP. "I will keep trying to make it a reality. The BJP needs to be wiped out from the entire country," he added.