Patna: Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Saturday said he was trying to play a “catalyst” to unite anti-BJP forces to defeat the saffron party and was not a claimant to any post but added that “if a person is destined to become the Prime Minister, he would become the PM one day”. “I am not a claimant to any post. All I am saying is that we all should unite (against BJP). Is it a crime to appeal for people to unite?” Kumar said while addressing JD(U)’s national council meeting which formally approved his election as the new national president of the party. He said that “time will decide the issue of leadership” and if a person is destined to become PM, he will become one “whether you name him or not”.

Bihar Chief Minister and newly-elected JD-U President Nitish Kumar with party leader Sharad Yadav share a meal after the National Council Meeting in Patna on Saturday. Pic/PTI