Vijayawada: Poll strategist Prashanth Kishor has taken strong objection to Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu’s comments about his Bihar background. In almost all his election speeches so far, Mr Naidu has referred to Mr Kishor as a “Bihari dacoit”.
A news agency quoted Mr Naidu’s comments on Twitter: “Andhra Pradesh CM N. Chandrababu Naidu in Ongole: K. Chandrashekar Rao is practicing criminal politics. He is grabbing/stealing the MLAs of Congress and the TD. The Bihari dacoit Prasant Kishor has removed/deleted lakhs of votes in Andhra Pradesh (sic).”
In response, Mr Kishor tweeted, “An imminent defeat can rattle even the most seasoned politicians. So I’m not surprised with the baseless utterances of @ncbn. Sirji, instead of using derogatory language that shows your prejudice & malice against Bihar, just focus on why the people of AP should vote for you again. (sic)”
