Nitish Kumar snubs Pavan Varma who red-flagged Delhi alliance with BJP

Patna, Jan 23: Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Thursday broke his silence on senior JD(U) leader, Pawan Varma, publicly calling him out on his stand on ally BJP and the decision to extend the alliance to the Delhi election.

"If anyone has any issues then the person can discuss it within party or at party meetings, but such kind of public statements are surprising. He can go and join any party he likes, my best wishes," the chief minister said on Thursday, two days after Varma wrote a letter on the BJP alliance for the Delhi elections.

Disgruntled Pavan Varma had sought "ideological clarity" from party president Nitish Kumar over aligning with the BJP in the Delhi elections, referring to the Bihar chief minister's "private apprehensions" on how the saffron party is leading the country.