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Watch: PM Modi’s unexpected gesture as Nitish Kumar bends to touch his feet | India News – Times of India
In the video, 73-year-old Nitish Kumar was seen walking towards Prime Minister Modi on the stage. As he stretched out in front of Prime Minister Modi, he bent over to touch his feet. However, Prime Minister Modi quickly held hands with Kumar, stood up and shook hands with the CM. Nitish Kumar then took the Prime Minister’s next seat.
However, this is not the first time the JD(U) chief tried to touch Prime Minister Modi’s feet. In June, during a meeting in the Central Hall of Parliament, he tried to make the same gesture, catching everyone off guard. In April, he had briefly touched Prime Minister Modi’s feet during a Lok Sabha campaign rally in Nawada.
The two leaders attended an event at Darbhanga in Bihar where the Prime Minister laid the foundation stone for AIIMS.
Speaking at the event, Prime Minister Modi expressed deep appreciation to CM Nitish Kumar, who acknowledged his role in transforming the state’s administration from its previous state of lawlessness.
The Prime Minister spoke for about 40 minutes and addressed Kumar as “lokpriya mukhyamantri” (popular CM).
Prime Minister Modi said, “Nitish Babu has set up a model of sushasan (good governance).” He continued, “No praise is too high for him (jitni saraahna ki jaae kam hai) for his contribution in pulling Bihar out of the era of jungle raj. Now, under the twin-engine NDA government, the state is making rapid, all-round progress.”
He criticized previous state governments, especially the Congress-RJD coalition that ruled for 15 years before the NDA took power in 2005, accusing them of misleading people with “false (jhoothe) promises”.
Kumar’s JD(U) played a major role in securing the NDA’s victory in the recent Assembly elections.
