The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Tuesday downplayed actor-politician Shatrughan Sinha's remark that Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar is a 'Prime Ministerial material'.
"We don't need to answer on what Shatrughan Sinha has said. Our Bihar unit will react on this, we will not waste our time in this," said BJP spokesperson Prakash Javadekar.
Sinha earlier dubbed Nitish Kumar as a 'Prime Ministerial material', and said that he wanted to build bridges between the former partners BJP and the Janata Dal (United).
"Nitish Kumar is PM material. He is among the select few good and successful chief ministers in the country today," he told media outside Patna's Jaiprakash Narayan Airport.
Sinha, who is the BJP Lok Sabha member from Patna Saheb, also praised the Bihar Chief Minister for his development work in the state.
Sinha, who has been sulking after being denied a place in the election team headed by Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi, had earlier this month demanded that BJP stalwart Lal Krishna Advani should be at the helm of affairs for he is the 'godfather' of the outfit.
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"As far as seniors are being overlooked, this is what you all are saying. If senior leaders are being ignored in the party then I believe that this should be rectified," said Sinha.
"People who are aspiring to be PM should come forward and accept senior leaders," he added, while asserting that all leaders should be on board.
Sinha further said Modi might have emerged quite popular, especially after his emphatic win in Gujarat, but Advani was not only the senior most and biggest leader of the party but of the country and he should not be ignored.