BJP came out with an open letter signed by its Bihar leaders besides allies from the state to counter a similar communication by Kumar earlier in which he had hit out at Modi for taking a dig at his DNA and called it an insult to the people of Bihar.
The strong-worded reply dubbed Kumar's letter "a flop comedy film" after being shown a "much hyped and grand trailer" and said it was a "clear, condemnable and calculated attempt to misappropriate the voice of Bihar as the voice of one man, the Chief Minister and his ambitions".
Bihar is not Nitish Kumar and Nitish Kumar is not Bihar, BJP said, adding that Kumar's letter is a perfect illustration of "how greed for power compels an individual to do anything, even trample over the history of a wonderful state like Bihar".
Taking potshots, NDA leaders said Kumar's advisors had failed him after they "tricked" him into believing that he would be the prime minister, which led him to break his party JD(U)'s alliance with BJP.
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