India, Nov. 1 -- Union home minister Amit Shah on Saturday cleared the air over the chief ministerial face of National Democratic Alliance (NDA) in Bihar Assembly elections. The BJP veteran did mention that the election is being run under the leadership of JDU's Nitish Kumar but he refrained from directly naming him the alliance's CM face.

Addressing queries in a conversation with news channel NDTV, Shah stated that he had already clarified multiple times. "I clarify once again, Nitish ji is the chief minister, we are fighting the election under his leadership. There is no confusion in NDA regarding this, nor should it be spread," Shah said at the Patna event.

When asked why the NDA had not made a clear and formal announcement about its...