Nitish trying to divert attention of people from real questions: BJP

Defending Prime Minister Narendra Modi's 'DNA' remark on Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Wednesday said the latter was trying the divert the attention of the people from real questions and problems bedevilling the state of Bihar.

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"Prime Minister Narendra Modi had asked about political DNA. He had asked why do you betray those who support you....Nitish Kumar has diverted a political question towards castes. Prime Minister Modi never said anything about his parents or caste, he rather questioned his political behaviour.... he wants to dicvert the attention of the people Bihar from real questions," BJP spokesperson Shahnawaz Hussain told ANI.

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Strongly objecting to Prime Minister Narendra Modi's 'DNA' remark during his visit to Patna last month, the Bihar Chief Minister said the former's comments had left him and a major section of society with a sense of "very deep hurt".

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Nitish Kumar had written a letter to the Prime Minister to express his displeasure.

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Prime Minister Modi had during his 'Parivartan rally' said there was something wrong with Nitish Kumar's political DNA that led him to ditch friends who had once worked with him.