Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar, in a purported slip of tongue, addressed his deputy Tejashwi Yadav as “mukhyamantri” (chief minister) at an event in Patna on Tuesday. This gave enough fodder to the BJP to take jibes at the ruling alliance.
Taking a dig at the chief minister, the BJP said that it’s time for Nitish to “go to ashram”. The ruling allies used the “slip of tongue” to flaunt their bond.
Nitish Kumar referred to deputy CM as “mananiya mukhyamantri (honourable chief minister) Tejashwi Prasad Yadav” while introducing him on the dais at an Animal Husbandry and Fisheries Department event in the state capital on Tuesday.
Kumar did not correct this purported slip of slip of tongue and rather went ahead with his speech.
Taking to the occasion, BJP spokesperson Nikhil Anand said: “It appears Nitish Kumar has consciously or subconsciously accepted Tejashwi as CM. It is really time for Nitish Kumar to go to ashram.”
Notably, senior RJD leader Shivanand Tiwari had last week said that 70-plus age is an “age of going to ashram”, in an apparent jibe at Kumar.
Tiwari, however, said: “It may be a slip of tongue (but) we take it as a blessing of Nitish Kumar for nephew Tejashwi Yadav, who is surely a future leader of Bihar.”
