Patna: 'Please quit the alliance but I won't throw you out first' -- this seems Chief Minister Nitish Kumar's message to his party JD(U)'s longtime political ally, BJP, in Bihar. Ever since Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi muscled his way to the top rung of the BJP and made his claim for the prime minister's job stronger, Nitish has been silently 'humiliating' the alliance partner, frequently dropping the unsubtle hint that it should break the 16-year-old alliance.