Nitish Kumar can return to NDA any time, says Athawale; takes dig at opposition alliance

Union minister Ramdas Athawale on Sunday said Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar who snapped ties with the Bharatiya Janata Party BJP last year can return to the National Democratic Alliance NDA any timeTalking to PTI Athawale said Nitish Kumar was part of the NDA earlier and despite the BJP getting more seats in the assembly elections in Bihar last time he was made the chief ministerThe minister also took a dig at the oppositions INDIA alliance alleging that its sole agenda was to remove Prime Minister Narendra Modi from powerNitish Kumars Janata Dal United snapped ties with the saffron party and walked out of the NDA in August 2022 He later joined hands with Rashtriya Janata Dal RJD and formed a new government He is one of the most significant faces of the opposition parties alliance INDIANitish Kumar can come back to us anytime the Union Minister of State for Social Justice whose Republican Party of India Athawale is part of the ruling NDA saidAthawale said Nitish Kumar had reservations about the name of the oppositions INDIA alliance and also there are divisions within the grouping on who will be its convener and also the prime ministerial candidateI was in Patna yesterday and I was asked about the reported displeasure of Nitish Kumar who had left the Bengaluru meet of the opposition alliance early Athawale saidI said if he Nitish Kumar is not happy he shouldnt go to Mumbai for the next meeting of the INDIA alliance He had been with the NDA earlier and can come back to us anytime he addedIndian National Developmental Inclusive Alliance known by its abbreviation INDIA is an opposition front announced by the leaders of 26 parties to contest the 2024 Lok Sabha electionsAthawale however said that INDIA stood for Introduction Negative Date Idea AllianceIts agenda is Modi hatao remove Modi while our agenda is development of the country he saidThe minister claimed that Shiv Sena UBT chief Uddhav Thackeray and Nationalist Congress Party NCP supremo Sharad Pawar are of no use to Mamata Banerjee in West Bengal while she is of no use to the opposition in MaharashtraSimilarly Mamata Banerjee and Communists have been at loggerheads for long he saidThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever