Muzaffarpur: 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.

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