A video of the joint press conference held after K Chandrasekhar Rao, the chief minister of Telangana, met Nitish Kumar, the chief minister of Bihar, on Wednesday has gone viral. It was when KCR was questioned about the opposition parties’ alliance for the 2024 Lok Sabha election and whether the Congress would have a part in it. While KCR is responding to the query in the video, Nitish Kumar implores him to brush off such inquiries. Tejashwi Yadav, the deputy chief minister of Bihar, was also present on stage.
“I have not seen such a press conference. KCR insulted Nitish Kumar,” BJP leader Giriraj Singh said. BJP’s Amit Malviya said it was KCR who got insulted. “Did KCR travel to Patna to get insulted like this? In a press interaction, Nitish Kumar didn’t even accord him the basic courtesy of completing his point. Nitish was dismissive of KCR’s pleas to let him finish. But then, that is Nitish Kumar. self-conceited. KCR asked for it…,” Malviya tweeted along with the video clip.
After the power shift in Bihar, where Nitish Kumar sided with the Congress and the RJD, which left the NDA alliance, KCR was questioned about his thoughts on Nitish Kumar running for prime minister in 2024. “Who am I to make this claim? If I mention something, someone might disagree. Why are you moving so quickly? Let’s sit down and discuss this first” said KCR. Nitish Kumar and Tejashwi got up from their seats in response to the query, possibly indicating that the news session was over. KCR told a reporter, “I’m sitting. Please take a seat.”
KCR motioned for Nitish Kumar, who was indicating that the press session was over with a smile on his face, to sit down.
“Why are you asking this question?” Nitish Kumar said as KCR was asked whether Rahul Gandhi would be the PM’s face of the joint opposition. As KCR started replying to this question, Nitish Kumar again got up and urged KCR to not indulge in this question.
“We will strive to bring all opposition parties together. We will sit and discuss. Whatever is decided in consensus, you will be informed in detail because no wedding takes place without the brahmin. Nothing can happen without you (media),” KCR said.
“Let’s go…these are all bogus,” Nitish Kumar told KCR, to which KCR asked him to sit down. “Aap iske chakkar mein mat pade (don’t fall into their traps),” Nitish Kumar said to KCR.