Nitish Kumar: Bihar’s son in a tete-a-tete on twitter

Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar (Photo: IANS)

By Sreyashi Mazumdar

With arch rivals contending to establish their feet in Bihar, social media platforms have become an easy bait for both Nitish Kumar and Narendra Modi to unravel their plans for the state and their persistent digs at each other. Narendra Modi being a cock-a-hoop political twitterati has managed to scoop the best out of the social media platform till this date; whereas, the vanguard of Bihar Asmita, Nitish Kumar, is still lagging behind with less than 60,000 followers in his pocket.

However, debunking his lacklustre twitter account, Nitish Kumar is all game for the real battle to begin. Toeing on the lines of his adversary, the JD(U) leader had a tete-a-tete with journalists across the board on twitter yesterday.

Thank you for the overwhelming response. There are more than 500 questions. Will try to respond to them in the next few days.
— Nitish Kumar (@NitishKumar) August 5, 2015

While scrolling through the string of tweets thronging the leader's account one might get an inkling of his intent of getting back at Narendra Modi for his DNA jibe. Moreover, it seems that leader is full of vengeance and the assembly election triumph might render him the coveted solace.

Important issues discussed in the Twitter tete-a-tete

– DNA jibe

On Twitter Q&A with @NitishKumar Q3: After #NKLetterToModi is this 'DNA" controversy a major election issue for you? Or about all Biharis?
— barkha dutt (@BDUTT) August 5, 2015

. @BDUTT It is not an election issue for me. It is a question of 'Bihari Asmita'.
— Nitish Kumar (@NitishKumar) August 5, 2015

.@NitishKumar मोदी जी ने निजी आरोप लगाए थे आप पर. आप उसे बिहार की अस्मिता से क्यों जोड़ रहे हैं. pic.twitter.com/bJXgRPnD4U — BBC Hindi (@BBCHindi) August 5, 2015

.@BBCHindi क्यूंकि मैं बिहार के लोगों का प्रतिनिधित्व करता हूँ. जिनके प्रति वे पूर्वाग्रह से ग्रसित हैं.
— Nitish Kumar (@NitishKumar) August 5, 2015

.@BBCHindi मैं 'बिहार का बेटा' हूँ, इसलिए मेरा डीएनए बिहार के लोगों जैसा ही है. मैं मानता हूँ कि यह टिप्पणी इसलिए की गयी है (1/2) — Nitish Kumar (@NitishKumar) August 5, 2015

.@dibang It is an afterthought. अब भाषण के बाद यह बचाव का प्रयास है. (1/2)
— Nitish Kumar (@NitishKumar) August 5, 2015

– Bihar special status

.@NitishKumar Why are you still asking for special status for Bihar when you have been given more money by Finance Commission? — Firstpost (@firstpost) August 5, 2015

. @firstpost Any way, special status is not linked to the allocations of the Finance Commission. (2/2) — Nitish Kumar (@NitishKumar) August 5, 2015

.@firstpost This is factually incorrect. The fact is, share of Bihar has been reduced by the 14th Finance Commission. (1/2) — Nitish Kumar (@NitishKumar) August 5, 2015

– BJP Vs RJD-JD(U)

.@drsandeepNEWS24 महागठबंधन यह चुनाव मेरे नेतृत्व में लड़ रहा है. संकोच तो बीजेपी को है जिन्होंने अभी तक अपना नेता घोषित नहीं किया है. — Nitish Kumar (@NitishKumar) August 5, 2015

.@BDUTT @rsprasad If it was such a big issue why did they contest 2010 elections under my leadership after that episode? (2/2) — Nitish Kumar (@NitishKumar) August 5, 2015

. @BDUTT @rsprasad I have reiterated time and again that the dinner was cancelled by them and not by me and (1/2) — Nitish Kumar (@NitishKumar) August 5, 2015

.@ravishndtv आज हम सब की प्राथमिकता बिहार में भाजपा की दाल नहीं गलने देना है बाकी सब भविष्य के गर्भ में है — Nitish Kumar (@NitishKumar) August 5, 2015

– Jitan Ram Manjhi

.@BDUTT If the PM is so concerned, why is he now not declaring him as the CM candidate of NDA? (2/2) — Nitish Kumar (@NitishKumar) August 5, 2015

.@BDUTT I selected him as my colleague, not because of his caste. (1/2) — Nitish Kumar (@NitishKumar) August 5, 2015

– Development in Bihar

.@ravishndtv उच्चशिक्षा के क्षेत्र में जितना चाहता था उतना नहीं कर पाया. फेल नहीं हुआ हूँ, प्रयास जारी है.

.@bhupendrachaube I am sharing the report card for you and everyone to see http://t.co/N5HKoh6jQe — Nitish Kumar (@NitishKumar) August 5, 2015

— Nitish Kumar (@NitishKumar) August 5, 2015

.@bhupendrachaube The facts & figures don't support your statement as our performance improved during the second term and has been eventful — Nitish Kumar (@NitishKumar) August 5, 2015

– Mango Man's Report Card

@NitishKumar @BDUTT @rsprasad modi crititicised nitish individually not criticised bihari moreover modi praised bihar & bihari — D n sinha (@DDnsinha) August 5, 2015

@NitishKumar @firstpost अच्छा अपने इतनी दारू की दुकाने खुलवा दी ,कमाई नहीं हो रही क्या? — Jai Hind (@arunk5feb) August 5, 2015

@NitishKumar @ravishndtv Means sift BJP ko rokna h vikash se koi lena dena nahi h right mr. CM for next 2 -3 month
— Dharamkriti Kumar (@Dharamkriti_kr) August 5, 2015

@NitishKumar @BBCHindi नितीशजी यह चल आपकी चलने वाली नहीं है। — Sudha (@sudsanj) August 5, 2015

@NitishKumar @prabhakar007 @ibnlive @ibnkhabar Bolne ko to log premika ke liyea chaand la dete hai bt bolne se kya hota h
— Dharamkriti Kumar (@Dharamkriti_kr) August 5, 2015