PATNA: Scotching rumours about his ambition to become Bihar chief minister and friction within NDA over it, Lok Janshakti Party ( LJP ) chief and Union minister Ram Vilas Paswan on Tuesday categorically stated that he was not a CM candidate nor anybody from his party would be so.

"I am not a CM candidate. I am not interested in it. Nobody from LJP will be a chief ministerial candidate. I am myself saying this and there is no need to ask anybody else about it," Paswan said.

The LJP chief further said he will approve anybody chosen by Prime Minister Narendra Modi as the chief ministerial candidate for Bihar.

"There is only one leader in NDA and he is Narendra Modi. Whichever name he suggests - be it a, b, c, d, e, f, g, h ... I will put my stamp of approval on it," Paswan added.

Paswan declared his lack of interest for the state's top job while sharing the dais with senior BJP leader and former deputy chief minister Sushil Kumar Modi at a programme organized by a vernacular daily.

The announcement by Paswan is a big relief to NDA, which is already grappling with Rashtriya Lok Samata Party ( RLSP ) chief and Union minister Upendra Kushwaha, who has been projected by his party as the chief ministerial candidate and has demanded that NDA should also accept his claim for the post.

Referring to Bihar chief minister Nitish Kumar, the LJP chief pointed out while he had refused the post twice in 1989 and 2005 when it was offered to him by former prime ministers V P Singh and Atal Bihari Vajpayee respectively, Kumar had betrayed everybody including his mentor and socialist leader George Fernandes to become the chief minister.