Patna, April 1 -- Jan Suraaj Party chief Prashant Kishor has slammed Bihar Chief Minster Nitish Kumar for remaining silent on the Waqf Bill and termed it as his "old tactic".

He said that at the time of the CAA-NRC bill, it was decided that JD(U) would be opposing the bill, however, the vote was cast in its support. Kishor said when he confronted Nitish Kumar on the issue, he told him to tell the media that the law will not be implemented in Bihar.

"This is an old tactic of Nitish Kumar...He voted in support of CAA-NRC. I was a member of his party at that time...It had been decided in the meeting of the party and Nitish Kumar had spoken in detail that we strongly oppose this. But in Parliament, vote was cast in support of CAA-NRC. When ...