The student elections in Patna University became a flashpoint on Sunday between the Bihar BJP and its ally, Nitish Kumar's Janata Dal United, in which party vice president Prashant Kishor allegedly bore the brunt of the BJP attack. The BJP did not name Mr Kishor, but its press release attacking the police, the administration and "certain event management professionals hired to influence student union elections at the Patna University" makes its meaning plain, leaders of the Janata Dal United contend in private.