It’s Third Time: Nitish Kumar Bows To Touch PM Modi's Feet 

Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar was yet again seen bowing down to touch Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s feet, this time during an event in Bihar’s Darbhanga on Wednesday. In a video that has gone viral on social media, Nitish Kumar, 73, is seen walking towards PM Modi, 74, with folded hands and bowing to touch his feet in a third such instance this year.

However, PM Modi quickly stops the JD(U) leader from touching his feet and is seen shaking his hands. Another video that has gone viral from the same event shows Modi pulling Nitish Kumar to his side as party workers garland the Prime Minister.

This happened while Prime Minister Narendra Modi was in the city to lay the foundation stone for All India Institute Of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) and inaugurated projects worth more than Rs 12,000 crore.

This was not the first time Kumar touched PM Modi’s feet. In June this year, Kumar’s same gesture was witnessed at the Central Hall of the Parliament. Before that, in April, Nitish Kumar had touched the feet of PM Modi during a Lok Sabha election rally in Bihar’s Nawada, a video of which had gone viral.

While addressing a gathering later, the Prime Minister showered accolades on Kumar, praising the alliance partner for bringing in good governance in a state, which was previously reeling under a “jungle raj". He also highlighted improvements in Bihar's health infrastructure under the NDA rule.

Nitish Kumar's JD(U) emerged as the second-largest ally of the BJP in the Lok Sabha polls and helped it form the government for a third consecutive time this year. The BJP failed to get a majority on its own and depended on the JD(U) and Chandrababu Naidu's TDP to cross the majority mark.