By hitting against the Congress, Nitish Kumar made it clear his party, Janata Dal-United (JD-U), has no hope of alliance with the former as it was widely speculated for months after he dumped the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP).
Nitish Kumar has repeatedly declared he would support a party that would grant special category status to Bihar.
Nitish Kumar was in favour of an alliance with the Congress to counter BJP's prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi till early this month.
