'INDIA door, NDA window': Prashant Kishor on Nitish Kumar's G20 gala dinner visit

Political strategist Prashant Kishor on Sunday took a dig at Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar a day after the latter participated in the G20 Gala Dinner hosted by the President Droupadi Murmu in New Delhi.

Speaking to reporters in Bihar, Prashant Kishor said that Nitish Kumar's participation in the G20 Gala Dinner event was a pressure tactic to send a message to the ruling National Democratic Alliance (NDA) and the BJP, that if it does not pay attention to him, then he can join the Opposition bloc INDIA.

Dubbing the Opposition bloc INDIA as a ‘door’ and NDA as a ‘window’ for Nitish Kumar, Prashant Kishor said, “Nitish Kumar has his own style of conducting politics, he did not attend any such events while being an ally of the BJP for eight years. In politics, Nitish Kumar opens a door while also putting a window and an outlet open, keeping in mind the possibilities of using anything whenever the need arrives.”

Prashant Kishor further added that the Opposition bloc INDIA is a ‘door’ for him and NDA is a ‘window’ presented by Harivansh Narayan, a member of the Rajya Sabha, who serves as his intermediary with the BJP.

On Saturday, President Droupadi Murmu hosted the G20 Gala Dinner in New Delhi which saw the participation of nearly 300 guests, including heads of states and those invited by the Indian government, at Bharat Mandapam, the venue for the Summit.

Several state chief ministers, including Bihar's Chief Minister Nitish Kumar, Uttar Pradesh's Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath, Jharkhand's Hemant Soren, and West Bengal's Mamata Banerjee, among others.

However, Chhattisgarh's CM Bhupesh Baghel, Rajasthan's Ashok Gehlot, Odisha's Naveen Patnaik and Delhi's Arvind Kejriwal gave the event a miss to the event.