The brave personality is… Nitish Kumar takes a dig at Lalu Prasad over security downgrade

Taking a dig at RJD supremo Lalu Prasad over his outburst following downgrading of his security cover, Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar said today it is the a characteristic of a “brave personality” to impress people with the help of hundreds of security personnel.

“Despite the Z plus security and Special Security Group cover provided by the state government, having hundreds of securitymen from the NSG and CRPF to impress people is the characteristic of a brave personality,” Kumar said in a sarcastic tweet in Hindi.

— Nitish Kumar (@NitishKumar) November 28, 2017

The chief minister’s comment came a day after Lalu Prasad accused the Modi government of hatching a “conspiracy” to frighten him so that he gives up his “relentless fight for preserving communal harmony and social justice”. His two sons were more livid.

The RJD boss’ elder son Tej Pratap Yadav, a sitting MLA and former minister, went to the extent of threatening to “skin” the prime minister if something unfortunate were to happen to his father following the security downgrade.

Reacting to Kumar’s tweet, Prasad’s younger son and leader of the opposition in the state Assembly Tejashwi Yadav said today that even people of little …read more