'He shouldn't have left...': Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal on Nitish Kumar's exit from INDIA bloc
Nitish Kumar's exit from the INDIA bloc, Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal said that Kumar shouldn't have left and called it «wrong.» Kejriwal made the remark at a press conference responding to a question about Nitish forming a new government with BJP in Bihar.
«He shouldn't have left, this is wrong. Such conduct is not good for democracy,» said the Delhi CM.
Nitish Kumar on Sunday was sworn-in as the new chief minister of Bihar with BJP support.
The move came hours after Kumar submitted his resignation.
While explaining his reason for submitting resignation, Nitish Kumar said, «Today, I have resigned as the Chief Minister and I have also told the Governor to dissolve the government in the state. This situation came because not everything was alright...I was getting views from everyone.
I listened to all of them. Today, the government has been dissolved.»
With Kumar’s exit, INDIA bloc is staring at the loss of a key architect of the opposition alliance who had persuaded regional parties from across the country to join hands to fight the BJP.
He had proved successful in bringing leaders from Kashmir to Kanyakumari on a single platform and had hosted the first meeting of the INDIA alliance in Patna in June last year.
Bihar was a model state for the INDIA bloc, with almost all the non-NDA parties ranged unitedly against the BJP, and it had high hopes of electoral gains from the state.
Kumar's volte-face must be seen in this larger context, according to observers, more than the impending change of government in the state and addition of another prized target to the BJP's kitty.
The Congress is to blame in part for the turn of events, said people aware of the matter, as much as the BJP is to be credited for
