Bihar chief minister Nitish Kumar has triggered another political panic in the state amid speculation that he will join the BJP-led NDA alliance. If he does change sides, it will be his fourth such move in the past decade and the second this term. Kumar-led Janata Dal (United) is set to exit the ruling coalition with ally Rashtriya Janata Dal, and join BJP-led NDA to be sworn as the chief minister of Bihar once again, as media reports claim.
As the estrangement took place within the government in Bihar deepened, all parties held meetings with their respective lawmakers over the weekend.
Highlighted points on the Bihar politics.
· As several media reports claimed that Bihar CM Nitish Kumar may soon join BJP-led NDA to form a new government in the state due to estrangement in JD(U)-RJD.
· After the both JD(U) and RJD separate meetings on Thursday night, former Bihar deputy CM Sushil Modi commenting that the BJP's “doors never closed” for Nitish Kumar.
· Bihar CM has expressed recently in his discontent with the INDIA bloc after not getting a position in the top leadership of the alliance, despite his vast political experience.
Misa Bharti on buzz over Nitish switching sides
Amid speculations of Bihar chief minister Nitish Kumar possibly exiting the Mahagathbandhan alliance and joining the BJP-led NDA, Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) MP and daughter of party supremo Lalu Prasad Yadav said that nothing has been said so far and that she does not have an idea of the political situation in the state. As a political storm brews in Bihar over speculation that Nitish Kumar may be joining hands with the BJP, parties went into a huddle on Saturday to take stock of the situation. At a meeting of the RJD, the party empowered Lalu Yadav to take a call on whatever happens in state politics.
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