Won't speak on Rahul Gandhi's disqualification as it involves court order: Nitish Kumar

Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Wednesday declined to speak on Congress leader Rahul Gandhis disqualification from the Lok Sabha saying he avoided doing so in matters involving court orderHowever Kumar said his party the JDU has commented on the issueTalking to reporters here Kumar reiterated the need for a united opposition saying he was waiting for the Congress to move ahead on the same even as he scoffed at Prime Minister Narendra Modis contention that the corrupt were joining handsIt is his Modis wont to keep saying things These people believe only in selfpraise They cannot speak well of others We do our job but also appreciate the good work of others I have always remembered what had been achieved during the rule of late Atal Bihari Vajpayee said Kumar who had served in the cabinet of the BJP patriarchHe also took a dig at Modi saying he should keep a record while speaking on corruption of the type of people he aligns withKumar also referred to corruption cases against his deputy Tejashwi Yadav which caused me to break away with RJD in 2017 and join hands with the BJP and now that I am back with them they the Deputy CM and his family are again being targeted with cases in which the investigators could make no progress all these yearsKumar whose silence over Rahul Gandhis episode has triggered many speculations said I never speak on anything that involves a court order I have never done so in the past Moreover my party has already spoken unequivocally on the issue both inside and outside ParliamentAlso Read CongressShiv Sena have different views on Savarkar Nana PatoleJDU leaders including its national president Rajiv Ranjan Singh alias Lalan have strongly condemned the disqualification of the Congress leader whose party is an alliance partner in Bihar and squarely blamed it on the vendetta politics of the ruling BJP at the CentreWhen asked about challenging the disqualification in a higher court Kumar said it is the right of every person but added I have already said that the need of the hour is coming together of all political partiesI had visited Delhi twice to set the ball rolling for opposition unity The ball now is in the court of the Congress to take various groups along I am waiting for them to move further he saidKumar made light of the BJPs attempts to cut into his LuvKush KurmiKoeri base by elevating its MLC Samrat Choudhary to the post of the state presidentDont you remember he was formerly with the RJD and then with us before joining the BJP said Kumar who also took potshots at former close aide Upendra Kushwaha who has floated a new party and predicted that Choudharys elevation would sound the death knell for the JDUHe Kushwaha was sent to the Rajya Sabha when he was with me But he ran away When he came back with the promise of remaining with me for all time he was again treated with so much respect But he ran away again said KumarReplying to a query Kumar said he had congratulated Tejashwi Yadav immediately upon receiving the news that the latter had become a fatherThis 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