'What a fall for you to lie': Prashant Kishor hits back at Nitish Kumar

Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar today all but formally expelled close aide Prashant Kishor, who has been needling him on the citizenship law and openly targeting ally BJP in tweets. "Rahega to theek, nahi rahega to theek. (If he stays, it's ok. If he goes, it's ok)," Mr Kumar said after a meeting with party leaders and lawmakers this afternoon.

Prashant Kishor, master poll strategist and Janata Dal United (JDU) number two, also got a caustic reminder from his boss about the reason he is in the party. But days after his sharp words to another senior leader Pavan Varma, the Chief Minister stopped short of declaring any formal action.

"Someone wrote a letter. I replied to it. Someone is tweeting, let him tweet. Anyone can stay as long as they want, leave whenever they want. Ours is a different kind of party," Mr Kumar told reporters.