After Open Letter to Modi, Nitish Kumar Says, “Quiz Me On Twitter”

Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar has invited questions from the public on Twitter.

Kumar fielded questions from Barkha Dutt yet again.

.@BDUTT @rsprasad If it was such a big issue why did they contest 2010 elections under my leadership after that episode? (2/2)

— Nitish Kumar (@NitishKumar) August 5, 2015

Nitish Kumar responds to journalist Ravish Kumar’s question on whether or not PM Modi had targeted him on a personal level. Nitish responded saying that he“refrained from making personal targets.”

.@ravishndtv पिछले कई सालों से मैं किसी जातिगत सम्मलेन में नहीं गया हूँ. (1/2)

— Nitish Kumar (@NitishKumar) August 5, 2015

.@ravishndtv पिछले दो महीनों में इन सम्मेलनों में कौन शिरकत कर रहा है इसकी जानकारी आपको मुझसे बेहतर है. (2/2)

— Nitish Kumar (@NitishKumar) August 5, 2015

.@ravishndtv उच्चशिक्षा के क्षेत्र में जितना चाहता था उतना नहीं कर पाया. फेल नहीं हुआ हूँ, प्रयास जारी है.

— Nitish Kumar (@NitishKumar) August 5, 2015

Kumar told BBC (Hindi) that while his mode of disseminating information was similar to Modi’s during election campaigns, his ideology and thought process was vastly different from Modi’s. 

.@BBCHindi चुनाव में जनसम्पर्क के तौर-तरीके एक जैसे दीख सकते हैं लेकिन महत्वपूर्ण बात उसके पीछे की सोच, दृष्टि और माध्यम हैं

— Nitish Kumar (@NitishKumar) August 5, 2015

Journalist Rahul Kanwal quizzed Kumar on whether or not he had ignored social media during the polls.

.@rahulkanwal I am always open to learn new things

— Nitish Kumar (@NitishKumar) August 5, 2015

Senior journalist Bhupendra Chaubey started off with saying that he had 10 questions for Nitish Kumar. Here are the answers he got.

.@bhupendrachaube This election is a referendum on my policies and my track record as a CM. There is no clash, if any, it is of ideologies.

— Nitish Kumar (@NitishKumar) August 5, 2015

.@bhupendrachaube I take the responsibility of making him the CM for which I have publicly apologised. (1/2)

— Nitish Kumar (@NitishKumar) August 5, 2015

.@bhupendrachaube His removal was a collective party decision. (2/2)

— Nitish Kumar (@NitishKumar) August 5, 2015

.@bhupendrachaube I am sharing the report card for you and everyone to see http://t.co/N5HKoh6jQe

— Nitish Kumar (@NitishKumar) August 5, 2015