New Delhi: Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar On Wednesday, he unexpectedly tried to touch Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s feet on stage during an event in Darbhanga. However, Prime Minister Modi’s quick response caught everyone by surprise and the video went viral on social media.
In the video, Nitish Kumar, 73, walks towards Prime Minister Modi on the podium. When he walked up to Prime Minister Modi, he bent down to touch his feet. However, Prime Minister Modi soon took Kumar’s hand, stood up, and shook hands with the CM. Nitish Kumar then made his next suggestion to the Prime Minister.
However, this is not the first time that the JD(U) chief has tried to touch Prime Minister Modi’s feet. In June, he caught everyone off guard by doing the same thing at a rally in the Central Hall of Parliament. In April, he briefly touched Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s feet during a Lok Sabha campaign rally in Nawada.
The two leaders were attending a function in Darbhanga, Bihar, where the Prime Minister laid the foundation stone of AIIMS.
Speaking at the event, Prime Minister Modi paid high tribute to Chief Minister Nitish Kumar, acknowledging his role in changing the hitherto lawless conditions in the state administration.
In a speech that lasted about 40 minutes, the Prime Minister called Kumar “lokpriya mukhyamantri” (catchphrase CM).
“Nitish Babu has set an example of good governance,” PM Modi said. “The round progressed.”
He criticized previous national governments, especially the Congress-RJD alliance that had been in power for 15 years before the NDA came to power in 2005, accusing them of deceiving the people with “false (jhoothe) promises”.
Kumar’s JD(U) played a major role in ensuring the NDA’s victory in the recent assembly elections.
