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As Bihar inched towards a vicious political battle, Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal said the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) did not support any particular party in the coming Assembly polls in the state, rubbishing claims that his recent visit to Patna was proof of his closeness with Chief Minister Nitish Kumar. Interestingly, the Janata Dal (United) had publicly supported the AAP during the Assembly polls in Delhi and also during AAP chief Arvind Kejriwal's fight against Narendra Modi in Varanasi during the Lok Sabha polls. Kejriwal 's clarification came in the backdrop of Kumar's ally Lalu Prasad's recent statement that the Bihar polls was a fight between the "forward and backward castes". A section of the AAP was uncomfortable supporting a "secular" alliance prone to playing the caste card.