PATNA: Addressing the speculation over his possible switchover again Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Sunday said that he would remain in the NDA. "I will stay with the NDA," he told the media during his Pragati Yatra in Muzaffarpur.

Political temperature in Bihar has once again heated up amid Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) supremo Lalu Yadav extending an offer to chief minister Nitish Kumar for realigning with his party even as the Janata Dal-United (JD-U) strongman on Thursday downplayed the offer while leader of the opposition Tejashwi Prasad Yadav too reiterated there was no chance of a tie-up.

While speaking to reporters in the north Bihar district of Muzaffarpur, as part of a state-wide Pragati Yatra, Nitish Kumar quashed all rumours of joining hands with his former ally RJD in Bihar.

The JD(U), which has 12 MPs in the Lok Sabha, plays a pivotal role in bolstering the NDA’s numbers, as the BJP does not hold a majority in the Lower House of Parliament.

Bihar CM Nitish Kumar refrained from addressing questions about Prasad's cryptic "offer," which was downplayed by RJD supremo Lalu Prasad's son and political heir Tejashwi Yadav, though it received backing from ally Congress.

Bihar CM Nitish Kumar attacked the Lalu Prasad era government, claiming that before 2005 the state was in a bad condition