Tejashwi targets Nitish over Amit Shah suggesting Prashant Kishor's induction in JD(U)

RJD leader Tejashwi Yadav on Wednesday targeted Nitish Kumar for his statement that BJP president Amit Shah had suggested induction of former poll strategist Prashant Kishor into JD(U), saying the Bihar chief minister has finally admitted that his party was an advanced version of the saffron outfit.

Kumar had said at an event hosted by a private news channel here that he was asked by Shah twice to induct Kishor, who joined the JD(U) in September last year and was elevated to the position of national vice-president a few weeks later.

"Finally Nitish Kumar admits that JDU is advanced version of BJP (and) therefore he is giving all important organisational posts except him(self) to the people chosen by Sh Amit Shah," Yadav tweeted.

"Hope now you understand why mob lynchings and state sponsored crimes have become a routine practice in Bihar," Yadav said further in his tweet.

Kishor had worked as a poll strategist with the BJP during the 2014 Lok Sabha elections, while later he also worked