Independent MP from Purnea, Pappu Yadav, on Wednesday, said that the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) is not giving due respect to Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar, adding that the upcoming Bihar Assembly elections are being viewed as a direct contest between Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Congress leader Rahul Gandhi.

“NDA is not giving due respect to Nitish Kumar… People see this Bihar election as PM Modi vs Rahul Gandhi, and this will benefit the INDIA alliance… I stand by Congress’s ideology,” Pappu Yadav told ANI.

Clarifying his political stance, Yadav said, “I am not in the Congress party but an associate member of the party. I don’t know what Dipankar ji thinks. I only know that I stand by Congress’s ideology.”

Reiterating his support for the grand alliance, the Independent

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