Bihar CM Nitish Kumar's convoy was attacked in Patna on Sunday but he was not present, according to media reports.

Reports add that people pelted stones at his convoy videos of which have already gone viral.

One of the videos according to anandabazar.com shows cars of convoy being chased by people with sticks and stones. Following the attack, the cars stopped,

So far, no specific reason has been attributed to the attack.

Nitish recently broke away from BJP-led NDA to return to the Grand Alliance fold.

He was recently sworn in as the CM for the eight time with RJD's Tejashwi Yadav taking oath as his deputy.

Earlier on Sunday, JD(U) parliamentary board president Upendra Kushwaha said Nitish will prove to be the best prime minister if the factors are favourable in 2024, though his JD(U) would not insist on the top post for him at the cost of Opposition unity, a top party leader said on Sunday.

However, he ducked queries as to who would be the successor if the state's longest-serving chief minister were to move on to the national stage.

"Nitish Kumar will be the best prime minister, provided circumstances are in his favour. We are, however, not going to make any claim and put prospects of a united opposition in jeopardy," Kushwaha told reporters at the JD(U) office.

The former Union minister, who returned the previous day after spending more than a week out of station, expressed bewilderment over frantic speculations that he was upset over not being inducted into the new cabinet headed by Kumar.

"Please take it on record and confront me if I ever go back on my words. I am never going to become a minister in the state. Doing so will be demeaning to me," he said.

Kushwaha, who returned to the JD(U ) last year, merging the RLSP which he had floated in 2013 after breaking away with Kumar, said he was a minister at the Centre, an MP in both Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha, an MLA and is currently an MLC.

"A state cabinet berth is not of much significance to me. I do believe that our leader (Nitish Kumar) is the best person to lead the campaign to preserve the socialist ideology. My only focus, as of now, is to establish our party and our leader by 2024," he said.