Unsuccessful in putting across his viewpoint and unable to answer questions posed by reporters, Singh fled the scene in a huff after he realised that he had goofed up.
Singh had convened a press conference to rebut the comments made by Modi a couple of days ago in which he had accused Kumar of shielding the relatives of former MP Prabhunath Singh in a murder case by transferring it from the police to the CID.
To further his point he gave the example of the land grab and firing case of 2012 in Gopalganj in which one person was shot dead. The BJP MLA from Barauli constituency Ram Pravesh Rai and his two sons were accused in the case.
"At that time Modi was the Deputy Chief Minister. He used his power and connections to get the case 426/ 2012 of Gopalganj police station transferred to CID. The case was compromised, and is now lost between the files. The concerned MLA and his sons are now moving scot free," Singh said.
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At this juncture reporters asked him whether the probe and the lie-detector test should also involve JD(U) leader Nitish Kumar as it was he who held the charge of the Home Department under which the police and the CID also come.
Singh fumbled and denied any involvement of Kumar as he was not even in the know of the matter.
This led to a barrage of questions as to how Kumar could not know things going on in his own department and whether he was pressurised by Modi. The reporters also asked whether there would be CBI probe in the matter.