India, March 5 -- Rajya Sabha MP and Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) leader Manoj Jha on Wednesday took a swipe at Bihar chief minister Nitish Kumar, calling him "creator of the universe" and "Brahma." Jha's remarks came a day after Nitish Kumar, in a bitter exchange in the Bihar assembly, took a dig at RJD leader Tejashwi Yadav, claiming credit for elevating his father Lalu Yadav in the state's politics.

"What was in Bihar before? I made your father. When he entered politics, there was nothing in Bihar at the time," Nitish Kumar remarked while speaking in the assembly. He went on to say that even people from his caste opposed Lalu Prasad Yadav's development, but he still supported him."Even people from your caste were asking me why I was doi...