Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar was prime ministerial material but was disappointing in “terms of his democratic behaviour” as a team person, his one-time colleague in the Samata Party Jaya Jaitly has said. 
Ms. Jaitly, former president of the Samata Party, was speaking on Thursday at the launch of her book “Life Among the Scorpions”. She described Kumar as ‘disappointing’ at best. “There was a time when I felt that he was prime ministerial material… he was trained and administratively keen. “But from the time we worked together I kept seeing more and more of a person who was disappointing in terms of his democratic behaviour while working as a team,” she said.
But what she really can’t forgive the JD(U) chief for is his ‘lack of humanity’ towards elders, Jaitly said. In 2009, then NDA convenor Fernandes, described by Jaitly as a ‘politician par excellence’, was denied a ticket by the JD(U) for the Lok Sabha elections in Bihar.

Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar was prime ministerial material but was disappointing in “terms of his democratic behaviour” as a team person, his one-time colleague in the Samata Party Jaya Jaitly has said. 
Ms. Jaitly, former president of the Samata Party, was speaking on Thursday at the launch of her book “Life Among the Scorpions”. She described Kumar as ‘disappointing’ at best. “There was a time when I felt that he was prime ministerial material… he was trained and administratively keen. “But from the time we worked together I kept seeing more and more of a person who was disappointing in terms of his democratic behaviour while working as a team,” she said.
But what she really can’t forgive the JD(U) chief for is his ‘lack of humanity’ towards elders, Jaitly said. In 2009, then NDA convenor Fernandes, described by Jaitly as a ‘politician par excellence’, was denied a ticket by the JD(U) for the Lok Sabha elections in Bihar.