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Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar claimed that he had twice received suggestions from BJP president Amit Shah to induct poll strategist Prashant Kishor into JD(U). Please let it be known that none other than Amit Shah had asked me twice to induct Kishor in the JD(U)," he said. He also said he had "a lot of love" for RJD leader Tejashwi Yadav, his former deputy, "irrespective of the acerbic language he uses against me". Dynasty politics, which I have always been opposed to, is an example of politics without principles," he quipped. Kishor was inducted into the JD(U) in September last year and elevated to the post of national vice-president weeks later triggering speculation that he was being thought of by Kumar as his political heir..