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Bihar News: Amid the ongoing speculations over Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar's party JD (U)'s return to the BJP-led NDA, with which it snapped ties around a year ago, the JD (U) chief rejected it. He said that his prime concern was to strengthen the opposition INDIA bloc.

According to news agency PTI, Kumar responded to reporters' said, "Kya faltu baat hai" (what rubbish!).

The Bihar CM, who is a key figure in the INDIA coalition, also voiced his disapproval of party colleagues talking about him having "all qualities for making a good PM".

"I have already told my party colleagues not to make such statements. My only wish is to strengthen the unity of the INDIA alliance. I am working only in this direction," he said as quoted by news agency PTI.

Speaking about the possibility of cabinet expansion, Kumar put the ball in his deputy Tejashwi Yadav's court.

"Ask this question to the deputy chief minister," he told reporters who asked him about speculations of cabinet expansion.

The state cabinet, headed by the JD(U) leader, presently has 28 ministers, with the RJD, to which Yadav belongs, enjoying the lion's share despite the resignation of two of its ministers.

Kumar, speaking about the derogatory remarks of BJP MP Ramesh Bidhuri against BSP lawmaker Danish Ali in Lok Sabha, recently said, "Just leave this topic. Our government is working for the betterment of all sections of the society." 

Speaking about a Dalit woman being stripped and assaulted in Bihar, Kumar said that the guilty will not be spared.

"Stringent police action awaits the accused. Nobody can get away with a wrong act," Kumar told media persons here during the birth anniversary celebrations of former Jan Sangh leader Pandit Deen Dayal Upadhyay.

(With input from agencies)