Nitish Kumar's 2022 flip vs 2024: How JDU, RJD, BJP reacted then and now
Follow LIVE Updates in Bihar politics here He joined hands with the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and its partners to form a new government in the state. It was only around a month-and-a-half years ago that Nitish Kumar had collaborated with the Mahagathbandhan, ditching the BJP-led National Democratic Alliance (NDA). However, it is again a different story today, January 28, 2024).
"Now I am back where I was before (in NDA) and now there is no question of going anywhere," Nitish Kumar said after taking oath as the Bihar Chief Minister for the record ninth time on Sunday. 1. Nitish Kumar had reportedly blamed the BJP for influencing Lok Janshakti Party (LJP) leader Chirag Paswan to field candidates in nearly all constituencies where JD(U) was contesting.
Paswan had fielded rebel BJP candidates on all seats fought by the JD(U) in the 2020 polls, in what some had alleged was part of a plot by the BJP to wedge its way into the ruling coalition in the state. ALSO READ: What numbers in Bihar Assembly look like after Nitish Kumar switches alliance 2. It was reported that many JD(U) legislators had told Nitish Kumar the JD(U)'s alliance with the BJP had weakened them since 2020.
The JD(U) was also wary of the BJP’s alleged attempts to split it, using then JD(U) leader RCP Singh, who was a Union Minister at the time. 3. Nitish Kumar was also said to have felt uneasy with Deputy Chief Ministers Renu Devi and Tarkishore Prasad, lacking the rapport he shared with Sushil Kumar Modi, who served as deputy CM for 13 years, the Indian Express reported. 4. Nitish Kumar had said in 2022 that the BJP did not give due representation to Bihar in the union cabinet, ANI had reported.
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