'Should I touch your feet...' Miffed Nitish Kumar raps up IAS officer, Tejashwi takes a dig

A video of Bihar CM Nitish Kumar has gone viral in which he can be seen approaching to touch the feet of a government official to get some work done. Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) leader Tejashwi Yadav took a jibe at Nitish Kumar after this. While attending a public event in Patna, a livid Nitish Kumar told an IAS officer to expedite a road project in the city and even offered to touch his feet to speed it up.

"Kahiye to hum aapka pair chhu lete hain (I shall touch your feet if that is what you want)," the Chief Minister to the officer at a function where a stretch of "JP Ganga Path", an expressway along the river that promises to ease traffic congestion in the city, was dedicated to the public.

The horrified official scurried back several steps, screaming "Sir, please don't do this", even as top government officials and political leaders also got on their feet to prevent the veteran leader from creating a scene.

पूरे विश्व में इतना असहाय,अशक्त,अमान्य,अक्षम, विवश,बेबस,लाचार और मजबूर कोई ही मुख्यमंत्री होगा जो BDO, SDO, थानेदार से लेकर वरीय अधिकारियों और यहाँ तक कि संवेदक के निजी कर्मचारी के सामने बात-बात पर हाथ जोड़ने और पैर पड़ने की बात करता हो?

बिहार में बढ़ते अपराध, बेलगाम भ्रष्टाचार,… pic.twitter.com/5a5lY4Pq5t

— Tejashwi Yadav (@yadavtejashwi) July 10, 2024

Reacting to the incident, Tejashwi Yadav shared a video of the incident on X and said that there was no Chief Minister in the world so helpless and powerless as Nitish Kumar.