Nitish Kumar replied on Amit Shah's statements.

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Hitting out at Union Home Minister Amit Shah, Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Tuesday said the BJP leader has neither any knowledge nor information about the 'JP movement' of 1974 under the leadership of socialist leader Jayaprakash Narayan and its legacy. Age to comment on that.

Shah had made remarks against Janata Dal United (JDU) leader Nitish Kumar at Sitab Diyara, the birthplace of Lok Nayak Jayaprakash Narayan (JP).

In response to this, when asked by reporters, Kumar said that who is the Prime Minister (Narendra Modi) today and when he was the Chief Minister of Gujarat, what was he (Shah) at that time?

It is noteworthy that while addressing a function organized on the occasion of 120th birth anniversary of Lok Nayak Jayaprakash Narayan at Sitab Diyara village in Saran district on Tuesday, Shah made a scathing reference to JD(U) leader Nitish Kumar's frequent change of alliance partners. was attacked.

He had said that the five-times changer has remained the Chief Minister.

Referring to the Congress involved in the Grand Alliance, Shah targeted Nitish Kumar and Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) chief Lalu Prasad, alleging that these people are sitting in the lap of the one who imposed Emergency.

Responding to Shah's allegations, 71-year-old Kumar sarcastically asked Shah what he knew about the JP movement and the country's independence.

Do they have any knowledge and information about it?

What is the age?'

Top JD(U) leader Nitish Kumar quit the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) two months ago over alleged attempts by the BJP to split his party.

Kumar also took a dig at 72-year-old Modi, saying, "People in his party keep saying about me that I am getting old.

How old is he?

It is said that I am old, how old is he?'

Nitish Kumar often says that the BJP is no longer what it was under Atal Bihari Vajpayee and LK Advani.

He said, 'The leaders of the previous generation had many good qualities;

But these people have no respect for anyone, no knowledge about anything.

Kumar was interacting with the media after attending a seminar on JP organized by the party in Patna.

Earlier in the day, Kumar, when asked about Union Home Minister Amit Shah's visit to Sitab Diyara, his birthplace on the occasion of JP's 120th birth anniversary, had said, "Whoever comes or goes, we don't matter."

Asked about the alleged non-participation of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) in the freedom movement in his speech and indirect reference to the alleged role in the assassination of Mahatma Gandhi, Kumar said find what is written in the history books and if If I'm wrong then correct me.

Without naming the BJP, Kumar also ridiculed the claim that it was closely associated with JP and his struggles.

Top JD(U) leader Nitish Kumar has started trying to build opposition unity across the country ahead of the 2024 Lok Sabha elections.

Accusing his former colleague of doing divisive politics, he asked people to be wary of attempts to pit one community against another.

Referring to his close association with JP, he said that he was part of a 14-member committee of student activists that spearheaded the 1974 agitation and those sent to jail during the Emergency.

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