Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar today submitted his resignation to Governor Phaghu Chauhan, hours after announing a break-up of alliance with Bharatiya Janata Party. The JDU chief, according to sources, will soon stake claim to power along with Lalu Yadav’s Rashtriya Janata Dal. In the new set-up, Tejashwi Yadav is likely to become the Deputy Chief Minister.
Bihar Politics Update: Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar today submitted his resignation to Governor Phaghu Chauhan, hours after announing a break-up of alliance with Bharatiya Janata Party. The JDU chief, according to sources, will soon stake claim to power along with Lalu Yadav’s Rashtriya Janata Dal. In the new set-up, Tejashwi Yadav is likely to become the Deputy Chief Minister.
While announcing break-up of alliance, Nitish Kumar had said: “It’s a collective call to leave the NDA”. The move came after a meeting of the JD(U) at the official residence of Nitish Kumar here. In the JD(U) meeting today, all MLAs and MPs of the party supported chief minister Kumar`s decision and said that they were with him. They also asserted that they will continue to support Kumar in his decision.Police personnel were seen deployed in force outside the chief minister`s residence.
According to ANI sources, many JD(U) legislators told chief minister Kumar in today`s meeting that the alliance with the BJP had weakened them since 2020.Without naming Chirag Paswan, the legislators are reported to have recalled the actions of former Lok Janshakti Party (LJP) chief during the 2020 state assembly polls while warning the CM that if they were not alert, it would not be good for the party.
Paswan had fielded rebel BJP candidates in all seats fought by the JD(U) in the 2020 polls, in what some have alleged was part of a plot of the BJP to wedge its way into the ruling coalition in the state.Meanwhile, a meeting of the Mahagathbandhan opposition alliance was also held here today at former chief minister Rabri Devi`s residence with participation of leaders of the CPI-ML and the Congress – part of the Opposition `Mahagathbandhan` alliance in the state.
