Affirming the speculations of snapping ties with Lalu Prasad Yadav’s Rashtriya Janata Dal, Janta Dal (United) Chief Nitish Kumar on Sunday tendered his resignation as Bihar’s Chief Minister to Governor Rajendra Arlekar. Kumar is more likely to type new state authorities with BJP’s help.
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Nitish Kumar has moved between the BJP, Congress, and Lalu Yadav’s Rashtriya Janata Dal since 2013, incomes the nickname ‘Paltu Ram’. After leaving the BJP in 2022, he took the initiative of assembling all opposition forces INDIA bloc to problem Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the ruling occasion within the 2024 elections.
Nevertheless, his competition with INDIA bloc started in January 13 assembly, in accordance the leaders near JD(U) chief. Within the assembly, CPM Chief Sitaram Yechury beneficial Nitish Kumar as Convenor, which was supported by nearly all politicians, together with Lalu Yadav and Sharad Pawar. Nevertheless, Rahul Gandhi intervened and acknowledged {that a} choice must wait since Trinamool Congress chief and Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee had qualms about Nitish Kumar assuming the place.
A flurry of operations hag began in Bihar, hinting in the direction of the hypothesis that Nitish Kumar would depart the Congress-led INDIA opposition coalition. On Friday, the Bihar authorities transferred 79 IPS officers and 45 BAS officers. Ok C Tyagi, JD(U)’s political adviser and spokesperson, had additionally knowledgeable reporters in Delhi that Bihar’s grand coalition authorities is on the snapping point, accusing a portion of the Congress management of regularly “insulting” Kumar.
Earlier, an official instructed PTI that authorities places of work, together with the secretariat, had been ordered to stay open on Sunday “in view of hectic exercise anticipated through the day.”
With 79 MLAs, the RJD is the biggest occasion within the Bihar legislature and a member of the Mahagathbandhan, which additionally consists of the Congress and three Left events. After Nitish Kumar’s JD(U) withdraws, the Mahagathbandhan loses eight MLAs from its majority within the meeting.