Nitish Kumar attends Deendayal Upadhyaya's birth anniversary event, dismisses rumours about NDA return
India TV NewsBihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Monday attended the 107th birth anniversary event of Bharatiya Jana Sangh ideologue Pandit Deendayal Upadhyaya in Patna, sparking buzz over his return to the NDA folds. It is pertinent to mention that Pandit Deendayal Upadhyaya was a co-founder of the Bharatiya Jana Sangh and a thinker of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh. In response to Nitish Kumar's participation in the Deendayal Jayanti event, BJP's state president, Samrat Choudhary said, "It's a good thing that he is going to Deendayal Upadhyaya's event, inspired by his work, for the first time." BJP on Nitish Kumar's return in NDA BJP MP Sushil Kumar Modi on the JD leader's return, said that Union Home Minister Amit Shah had made it clear that the doors of the BJP are closed for him.