Author: PTI
Publication: The Pioneer
Date: May 10, 2009
URL: http://www.dailypioneer.com/175171/Not-in-touch-with-any-non-NDA-constituent-Nitish.html
Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Sunday
made it clear that he is not in touch with any non-NDA constituent, nor has
any such party or leader contacted him.
"I have clarified on several occasions
that neither I am in touch with anybody nor any party or leader (from outside
NDA) has contacted me. How many times will I clarify. I am saying this clearly
that there is no possibility of me being in touch with anybody at all,"
Kumar told reporters here prior to his departure to Ludhiana for attending
an NDA rally.
Kumar's reaction came in the backdrop of both
the Congress and the Left parties making efforts to woo him into their respective
folds.
The Chief Minister said that he was going
to Punjab on the invitation of state's Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal.
Kumar claimed that "NDA will emerge as
the largest alliance. It will have an advantage. This is what I believe, though
we will have to wait till the counting begins. My claim stands on solid base".
He said that other parties would also be attracted
to NDA. "The NDA can get majority also. But there is a possibility of
NDA plus other parties emerging as a combine."
