Some media houses distorting my statement. I fully support Nitish kumar. He is a good person. People shud vote him CM — Arvind Kejriwal (@ArvindKejriwal) October 1, 2015

NEW DELHI: Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal on Thursday categorically stated that he was backing Nitish Kumar in the Bihar assembly elections."Some media houses distorting my statement. I fully support Nitish kumar. He is a good person. People shud vote him CM," Kejriwal said in a tweet.Kejriwal was earlier quoted as saying at the chief ministers' conclave that he did not support any political party in the Bihar assembly polls and had visited the state only for a governance workshop.Meanwhile, the Janata Dal (United) on Thursday said that Kejriwal supports his Bihar counterpart and wants him to return to office for the third time."I want to say this on record that Kejriwalji wants that Nitish Kumar should become the chief minister of Bihar," JD (U) general secretary KC Tyagi said.Elections for the 243-member Bihar assembly will be held in five phases between October 12 and November 5.The counting of votes will take place on November 8.The term of the current Bihar assembly expires on November 29.(With inputs from agencies)