JD(U) National Council meet on June 21, Nitish’s consultations with top leaders spark buzz
Ahead of the meeting, former chief minister Nitish Kumar has been holding a series of one-on-one meetings with his close associates and senior JD(U) leaders.
Ahead of the meeting, former chief minister Nitish Kumar has been holding a series of one-on-one meetings with his close associates and senior JD(U) leaders.
Prashant Kishor accused Nitish Kumar of political missteps and announced a door-to-door Jan Suraaj campaign to challenge the BJP in Bankipur.
CPI(ML) General Secretary Dipankar Bhattacharya said on Saturday that the BJP has not only removed Nitish Kumar from power but has also overturned his entire political discourse and model of governance.
For long, political observers have been deliberating over the future of the Janata Dal (United) after Nitish Kumar.
Nishant Kumar formally entered Bihar’s administrative frontline after taking charge as Health Minister amid the NDA government’s large-scale cabinet expansion in Patna.
During his two-decade-long rule, Nitish Kumar has taken countless decisions, but five of them consolidated his position as a leader focused on the state’s progress.
BJP’s Chief Minister-designate Samrat Choudhary has several strengths — his caste background, his administrative abilities, his age, and his closeness to key NDA ally Janata Dal (United)—that together worked in his favour as the party looked for a replacement for Nitish Kumar.
Although Samrat Choudhary has always been seen as the strongest contender in the BJP for the post of Chief Minister, political observers remained cautious of naming him as one, noting that the BJP could still spring a surprise, as it has done in the past.
Elected leader of the BJP Legislative Party once again, at its meeting, defying all speculation, on Tuesday, Bihar Deputy Chief Minister Samrat Choudhary will become the first Chief Minister of the Bharatiya Janata Party in Bihar.
Nitish Kumar resigned as Chief Minister of Bihar on Tuesday after ruling the state for nearly two decades. The state is now set to have a chief minister from the Bharatiya Janata Party.
