Patna, (Bihar Times): Bihar chief minister Nitish Kumar on Friday dissociated himself from the BJP’s victory in Gujarat.

In an interview to a news agency he sought to suggest that he does not see Narendra Modi as a Prime Ministerial candidate. “BJP has decided to project L K Advani as the next Prime Ministerial candidate and he is acceptable to all parties in the NDA. I don’t think beyond that as Modi becoming candidate for PM’s job is a hypothetical question,” he said.

The chief minister said that the Janata Dal (United) has nothing to do with BJP or Modi’s victory in Gujarat assembly elections as “we contested separately”.

Pointing towards the media the chief minister said if they want to raise an issue within BJP over Modi as prime ministerial candidate, they are free to do  so.

While comparing Manmohan Singh with Atal Bihari Vajpayee the chief minister said that while the latter was a mass leader this was not the case with the present Prime Minister.

The chief minister was quoted as saying that “while nobody disputes Singh’s ability as Prime Minister, one has to acknowledge that he is not even the leader of the party to which he belongs.”