The two exchanged heated barbs during the 2015 election campaign. Modi in an election rally said that there is something wrong in the political DNA of Nitish for frequently changing his political allegiance. Nitish hit back claiming Modi was insulting the people of Bihar. A campaign was started wherein JDU claimed some people sent their DNA samples to Modi for testing.
Nitish also criticized Modi’s demonetization plan. He said, “The Centre has to tell us what the benefit from demonetisation was. When nowhere in the world a cashless or less cash economy has worked, how will it work in a country like India?”
In 2017, when Lalu and family were embroiled in fresh corruption cases, Nitish returned to the NDA, satisfied that he had proved a point to the Modi-Shah duo that he could win without their support. In 2019, he bargained hard with the BJP for seats, getting an equal number (17)…
