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Nitish slams poll surveys showing BJP's surge in LS polls

Patna: Miffed by survey reports suggesting that JD(U) may perform poorly in general elections, Chief Minister Nitish Kumar today slammed pollsters for projecting NDA's impressive performance at hustings, saying it amounted to nullifying the election

"How come it's possible that the people surveyed by the pollsters are happy with this government's performance and yet they desire to vote for another alliance at hustings? The assessment is an outright contradiction," he said.

Kumar also expressed unhappiness with the local media for giving inadequate converge to him and activities of his party of late and said that the JD(U)'s eleven Sankalp rallies held so far had not been reported adequately.

"I ask you (local media) if I or my government are not visible in Bihar then, who else are?" he questioned.

Holding his party's final 'Sankalp rally' in the state capital, which is known to be the political fort of his erstwhile ally, the Chief Minister sought to turn the table on BJP over its "betrayal" allegation following JD(U) parting ways with it last year after 17 years of association to protest Gujarat Chief Minister's elevation as the face of the party for general elections.

"Let me say it once and for all that it was not me who betrayed the BJP, but I was betrayed by the then ally and its leadership," Kumar said.

"I was assured by the top BJP leaders like Rajnath Singh and Nitin Gadkari on the issue of Modi's elevation after I had expressed my reservations about this development," he said, adding that once the BJP leadership failed to keep their words, he was left with no option but to part ways.