Nitish discounts any talk on alliance with Cong

He said at the moment his party has reached an understanding with the Jharkhand Vikas Morcha of Babulal Marandi

Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar today ruled out any talks with the Congress at any level for a tie-up in the upcoming Lok Sabha elections, but had kind words for LJP president Ramvilas Paswan.

"The reports of Congress weighing options between RJD or JD(U) for a tie-up in Bihar is non-existent... At no time anybody from JD(U) had a talk with the Congress at any level," he told reporters.

"JD(U) is not in any such queue," he said on the sidelines of "Janata ke darbar mein Mukhya Mantri" programme.

Kumar, who is the driving force of JD(U), said at the moment his party has reached an understanding with the Jharkhand Vikas Morcha of Babulal Marandi.

"Even when we reach a decision on seat sharing with the JVM, we will tell it to the media," he said.

Amid talks of private parleys going on between JD(U) and LJP for a tie-up, he said "there is no formal talks in this regard."

Kumar, however, lavishly praised LJP president Ramvilas Paswan and said "Bahut achey admi hain (he is a very nice person).