Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Thursday parried a question on the demand for a ban on Bajrang Dal in the state, which has been raised by one of his close aides even as his ally Congress has promised the same in poll-bound Karnataka.

The JD(U) supreme leader was asked about a recent statement by party MP Kaushalendra Kumar, who represents his home district of Nalanda in the Lok Sabha, who has favoured a ban on Bajrang Dal, the youth wing of Vishwa Hindu Parishad, an RSS-affiliate.