Tejashwi Yadav questions Nitish's 'health' after he garlands female candidate at poll rally
Muzaffarpur (PTI): Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar gave rise to fresh speculations about his mental health on Tuesday when he insisted on garlanding a female NDA candidate and ticked off a close aide who tried to stop him.
The JD(U) supremo launched his assembly poll campaign in Meenapur constituency of Muzaffarpur district, where he had the crowds in splits for mispronouncing local party candidate Ajay Kushwaha's name and adding the prefix "Shri" to Rama Nishad, the BJP candidate from Aurai.
The 75-year-old said during his speech that if the public promised to vote for the NDA, he would like to put garlands around the necks of candidates as a mark of assured victory.
Nishad, who had joined the BJP last week, was seen squirming when Kumar moved towards her with a garland in his hand.
In local Hindu traditions, a woman cannot let anyone except her husband put a garland around her neck.
Kumar's close aide, Sanjay Kumar Jha, the JD(U)'s working president, hurriedly tried to prevent his mentor from creating a scene by catching hold of the CM's hand.
However, sensing that Kumar was not taking kindly to the intervention, Jha retracted his steps, and the septuagenarian blurted "you are a strange man" before placing the garland around the neck of Nishad.
RJD leader Tejashwi Yadav shared the video clip on his X handle with the remark, "He is a strange man indeed. If he is in sound mental health, why is he reading out from a written speech and indulging in such behaviour?"
ई गजब आदमी है भाई!!! 😀
— Tejashwi Yadav (@yadavtejashwi) October 21, 2025
मुख्यमंत्री जी अगर स्वस्थ है तो लिखा हुआ भाषण पढ़ ऐसी हरकतें क्यों कर रहे है? #Bihar pic.twitter.com/Xhit9l37Ib
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Trump says he ‘hasn’t even thought about’ continuing Iran ceasefire
Washington: US President Donald Trump has said he has not yet considered whether he would continue the ceasefire involving Iran, while also claiming the United States holds the advantage in negotiations.
Speaking to reporters, Trump said he was prepared to make a deal with “whoever is running the show” in Iran.
“They are fighting with each other, there’s tremendous infighting. They’re probably fighting for leadership in many cases. I think they’re fighting not to be leader because we knocked out two levels of leaders,” he said.
Trump added, “When they want they can call me. We have all the cards, we’ve won everything.”
Referring to ongoing negotiations, he said, “They gave us a paper that should’ve been better. And, interestingly, immediately when I cancelled it [envoy trip to Pakistan], within 10 minutes we got a new paper that was much better.”
“We talked about they will not have a nuclear weapon, very simple … They offered a lot, but not enough,” he added.
When asked whether he would continue the ceasefire, Trump replied, “I haven’t even thought about it.”
The remarks come as uncertainty remains over the future of the temporary truce and broader negotiations between Washington and Tehran.
