Modi congratulates Nitish for his ‘fight against corruption’, tweets “125 crore citizens support his move”
02:50PM Wed 26 Jul, 2017
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday congratulated Nitish Kumar for “joining in the fight against corruption” by quitting as Bihar Chief Minister, within minutes of the latter putting in his papers.
In tweets, Modi said: “Many, many congratulations to Nitish Kumar for joining in the fight against corruption. The country’s 125 crore citizens welcome and support his move for honesty.”
He said that for the sake of Bihar’s bright future, “it is the need of the hour for parties to rise above political differences and fight unitedly against corruption”.
Earlier, Nitish Kumar handed over his resignation to Governor Keshari Nath Tripathi. “I have resigned for the sake of Bihar,” the Janata Dal-United (JD-U) leader told the media after meeting Governor Keshari Nath Tripathi who accepted his resignation.
He made it clear that it was becoming difficult to continue to head the coalition of his party, the RJD — whose Deputy Chief Minister Tejashwi Yadav is facing corruption charges — and the Congress.
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