'Congrats... BJP made you CM': Chirag's swipe

November 16, 2020 17:30

LJP leader Chirag Paswan, who ran a fierce campaign against Nitish Kumar in the recently concluded Bihar election, offered his congratulations to the JDU chief this evening, minutes after he was sworn in as chief minister.

The "congratulations", though, was immediately followed by swipes at the veteran politician, with Paswan indicating Nitish Kumar ought to thank the BJP for "making (you) the chief minister".

"Congratulations to Nitish Kumarji for becoming Chief Minister again. I hope the government will complete its tenure and you will continue to be the Chief Minister of the NDA," Chirag Paswan wrote in his first tweet.

"Made by 4 lakh Biharis, I am sending the vision document (the LJP's election manifesto - Bihar First, Bihari First) to you... whatever work you can complete from it, do it. Congratulations once again on becoming Chief Minister and (to) the BJP for making you chief minister," he added.

Nitish Kumar was sworn in as CM of Bihar on Monday evening, five days after the JDU-BJP alliance scored a narrow win in state elections. The BJP secured 74 seats in the 243-member assembly, relegating Kumar's JD-U - which won only 43 - to second place in the alliance.

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