India, Feb. 21 -- Bihar chief minister Nitish Kumar's son, Nishant, has urged people to vote for his father in the assembly elections, which are due later this year.

"This is an election year. I have urged the people to vote for my father earlier. I will do so again. He has done so much for Bihar. His return to power will ensure that development continues unhindered," Nishant was quoted as saying by PTI on Friday.

When asked about RJD leader Tejashwi Yadav's remarks about the health of JD(U) supremo, who would be running for a fifth consecutive term in office in the assembly polls, he replied that his father is totally fit.

"My father is 100 percent fit," he told reporters, according to PTI.

Nishant, however, did not respond to querie...