PM Modi congratulates Nitish Kumar for his 'fight against corruption'

New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday congratulated Nitish Kumar for "joining in the fight against corruption" by quitting as Bihar Chief Minister, within minutes of the latter putting in his papers.

In tweets, Modi said: "Many, many congratulations to Nitish Kumar for joining in the fight against corruption. The country's 125 crore citizens welcome and support his move for honesty."

He said that for the sake of Bihar's bright future, "it is the need of the hour for parties to rise above political differences and fight unitedly against corruption".

Expressing his gratitude, Nitish Kumar also took to Twitter to thank PM Modi for his response.

https://twitter.com/NitishKumar/status/890232978869067778

It may be mentioned that Nitish made it clear that it was becoming difficult to continue to head the coalition of his party, the RJD -- whose Deputy Chief Minister Tejashwi Yadav is facing corruption charges -- and the Congress.