New Delhi, Feb. 26 -- Nishant Kumar, son of Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar, has said both the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) and the Janata Dal (United) should declare his father the CM face of the alliance ahead of the state Assembly elections scheduled for later this year.

"NDA should declare it (Nitish Kumar as CM face) and JD(U) workers and leaders should declare it so that government is formed under his leadership again and development of the state continues," Nishant was quoted as saying by Indian Express. He was speaking on the sidelines of an event to mark the birth anniversary of his late mother, Manju Sinha, on Tuesday.

Nishant's comments came a day after Prime Minister Narendra Modi called Nitish Kumar Bihar's "laadle ...