He can go if he wants: Nitish on Prashant Kishor

January 28, 2020 18:20

Bihar chief minister Nitish Kumar on Tuesday said that then Bharatiya Janata Party president Amit Shah had asked him to induct political strategist Prashant Kishor into the Janata Dal-United.

"Someone wrote a letter I replied to it. Someone is tweeting, let him tweet. What do I've to do with it? One can stay in the party till he wants. He can go if he wants...Do you know how did he join the party? Amit Shah asked me to induct him," said Kumar, while responding to a media question on Prashant Kishor.

Kishor has more than once made his differences with the party known on the issue of the amended citizenship act.

The JDU had supported the legislation in both the Houses of Parliament. -- ANI

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