India, Nov. 3 -- A day after PM Modi's 'katta' jibe at Congress and RJD, Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge on Monday fired back by saying Bihar chief minister Nitish Kumar has surrendered to the BJP for power, adding that the saffron party won't reward him with the CM post.

Speaking at a rally in poll-bound Bihar's Vaishali, Kharge said Nitish Kumar is now "sitting in BJP's lap" but will still lose the chief minister's post to some 'chela'

"Nitish Kumar is sitting in BJP's lap, but it won't make him Chief Minister; instead, give the post to some 'chela'," Kharge claimed.

The Congress chief also took aim at Nitish Kumar's long tenure in Bihar, saying in two decades of rule, he had done little to improve people's lives.

"He has take...