"The DNA of the JDU-RJD-Congress alliance in Bihar is dhoka, nautanki and ahankar (deceit, drama and arrogance)," Das said at a press conference here.
He was reacting to Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar taking exception to Prime Minister Narendra Modi's 'DNA' remark against Kumar during a recent public meeting in Bihar.
Responding to RJD supremo Lalu Prasad's reported comments that a 'Mahabharat' had begun in Bihar, Das sought to remind the former Bihar chief minister how a character of the epic, Duryodhana, met his doom due to his arrogance.
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