Bihar news: Nitish Kumar takes fifth flip: here's a flashback of JD(U) leader's politics

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Nitish Kumar's first switch was in 2013: Nitish Kumar formed the government in the year 2005 in alliance with the BJP. He snapped ties with the BJP in 2013 as he was reportedly unhappy with PM Modi named as Prime Ministerial candidate. He later fought the 2014 Lok Sabha polls alone wherein he bagged only two seats as compared to 18 in the 2009 polls.

2015 assembly elections with RJD: In the 2015 assembly elections, he fought the elections in alliance with the RJD wherein the ‘mahagathbandhan’ won with majority numbers and Kumar claimed the CM’s seat. However, his dissatisfaction resurfaced again as Kumar found it difficult to accept his party's diminished role within a broader coalition, where the RJD held the majority mandate. In 2017, following the allegations of Tejashwi Yadav of corruption, Nitish broke away from the coalition and came back to the BJP.

Nitish Kumar returned to NDA in 2017: In 2017, he returned to NDA wherein he contested the 2019 national polls and 2020 Bihar elections as part of the BJP-led grouping. But in 2022, Kumar quit the NDA to form the government again and to form the next government in Bihar with the support of seven parties, including RJD, Left and Congress. With now in 2024, Kumar has again left the ‘mahagathbandhan’ and the INDIA alliance and is set to join the BJP.