Bihar: A video of a disinterested and silent Bihar CM Nitish Kumar amidst a crowd reciprocating to PM Modi’s call for shouting Vande Mataram has gone viral.

The visuals are now being termed as the contradictions within the BJP-led National Democratic Alliance.

The video shows an enthusiastic Ram Vilas Paswan, another alliance partner taking part in the Vande Mataram chorus, while Kumar seated next to him remained resolutely silent. In fact, as everyone rose to their feet to join PM Modi in the chanting, Nitish Kumar was the last to stand up.

The video was shot during an NDA rally in Darbhanga in Bihar, on April 25.

Earlier in the rally, PM Modi had said that chanting Vande Mataram is like a life force and some people have a problem with this. “They should have their deposits forfeited,” the PM had said in reference to opposition candidate in Darbhanga, Abdul Bari Siddiqui, who told a TV channel that while he had no objections to chanting “Bharat Mata Ki Jai”, reciting Vande Mataram was against his beliefs.

Many Muslims, on religious grounds, object to the singing of Vande Mataram being made mandatory as it goes against monotheism.