Nitish Kumar made it clear to Pawan Varma that he is free to exit the party during an ideological face-off on CAA. JDU leader Pavan Varma left Bihar CM Nitish Kumar embarrassed with his claims on how he felt about CAA and NRC, the JDU chief said his colleague is free to leave the party and join any other party.
Speaking on Pavan Varma’s letter in which he spoke of Nitish Kumar’s apprehensions on CAA and NRC that he “expressed in private”, the Bihar CM said, “If anyone has any issues then the person can discuss it within party or at party meetings, but such kind of public statements are surprising. He can go and join any party he likes, he has my best wishes.”
JDU leader Pavan Varma on Tuesday sought clarity from party president Nitish Kumar over aligning with the BJP in the Delhi elections, referring to the Bihar chief minister’s “private apprehensions” on how the saffron party is leading the country.
In remarks that have left Nitish Kumar red-faced, Pavan Varma claimed in a letter to him that despite his alliance with the BJP in 2017, his “private apprehensions” regarding the party and how it was leading India into a “dangerous space” did not change.
“I remember your confessing to me in private how the current leadership in the BJP party has humiliated you. You maintained, on more than one occasion, that the BJP is leading India into a ‘dangerous space,” the former Rajya Sabha member and JD(U) general secretary wrote.
