Nitish Kumar questions prolonged poll duration, favours voting in 2-3 phases
| Date :20-May-2019 |
PATNA:
BIHAR Chief Minister and JD(U) president Nitish Kumar Sunday questioned the long drawn polling in intense heat conditions and suggested general election should be held in two or three phases. He said February-March or October-November would be ideal weather condition for the polling in the country. He also disfavoured gap between voting days. He stressed on a constitutional provision for conduct of election at above-mentioned suitable time and said in the capacity of being chief of JD(U) he will write a letter to his counterparts in other parties after completion of current election to reach a consensus over the issue. Kumar, a strong ally of the BJP in Bihar, exuded confidence that Narendra Modi would return to power after counting of votes on May 23.
Nitish condemns Pragya’s remark on Godse, favours her expulsion from BJP
PATNA:
BIHAR Chief Minister Nitish Kumar strongly condemned BJP’s Bhopal candidate Pragya Thakur’s controversial remark and said BJP should consider expelling her from the party. Kumar made it clear that his party would not tolerate such things. “This is highly condemnable. We will not tolerate all these things. Bapu is the Father of the Nation and people will not like if anyone talks about Godse in this manner, “ Kumar said. Kumar was talking to reporters after casting his vote at a polling station located at a Government school near Raj Bhawan here.
It falls under Patna Sahib Lok Sabha seat, where Congress candidate Shatrughan Sinha is locked in an intense contest with Union Minister Ravishankar Prasad. In reply to a query whether the BJP should expel her from the party, Kumar said that “it must be considered.” He, however, was quick to add that though “it is an internal matter of the BJP, but so far as country or ideology is concerned, there is no question of tolerating such things.”