Is Nitish Kumar returning to NDA? A guide to what's happening in Bihar politics

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Bihar's longest-serving chief minister, has reportedly been upset with the INDIA bloc for not getting a position in the alliance commensurate with his stature. Kumar also favours an early assembly poll to go with the Lok Sabha elections. This suggestion has not drawn a positive response from the RJD, the biggest party in the state's ruling alliance, sources told news agency PTI.

Meanwhile, sources told India Today that RJD supremo Lalu Yadav spoke to Speaker Awadh Bihari Choudhary. "Even the Deputy Speaker Maheswar Hazari has cancelled his out-of-state tour in view of changing dynamics in Bihar political circles," the report said. As of now, the Mahagathbandhan comprising the JD(U) and the RJD are in power in Bihar.

Here's everything you need to know about what is happening in Bihar's political arena. Rumour has it that Nitish Kumar's JD(U) may return to the BJP-led National Democratic Alliance (NDA) after snapping ties with the RJD. Nitish Kumar is a key ally of the Opposition's INDIA bloc. Speculations were rife after RJD president Lalu Prasad's daughter Rohini Acharya took a swipe at Kumar for "changing his ideology as the wind changes its direction" in posts on 'X'.

Before this, Nitish Kumar had taken potshots at political parties promoting family members in politics. Jan Ki Baat, which predicts elections through opinion and exit polls, cited sources as saying that Nitish Kumar is set to return to the NDA and is currently mulling legal options to dissolve the state assembly. Meanwhile, India Today reported that the BJP has set a condition for the JD(U) chief — that if he wants to return to the alliance, then Nitish Kumar must give up the chief minister's post.