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This time, Mr. Kumar parted ways with the BJP and was elected leader of the RJD-led mahagathbandhan (grand alliance). He staked claim before Governor Phagu ...

Later Mr. Kumar was elected leader of the mahagathbandhan and together with the letter of support of 164 MLAs, leaders of the alliance parties met the Governor to stake claim to form the government. (I took this man from where to what and….)”. Apparently hurt with Mr. Singh working as “Chirag model” to damage him and his party a la Eknath Shinde of Maharashtra, Mr. Kumar decided to snap ties with the BJP and he made another turnaround on Tuesday by joining hands again with the RJD and the Opposition grand alliance. Earlier in the day, all JD(U) MLAs, MPs, leaders had a meeting with Mr. Kumar at the Chief Minister’s official residence no 1, Anne Marg in which a decision was taken to snap ties with the BJP. Later Mr. Kumar went to the Raj Bhawan to submit his resignation. “He is palturam [Mr. turnaround] who does palti [turns] for lust of power and chief minister’s chair”, RJD chief Lalu Prasad had said at that time. Earlier, Janata Dal (United) national party president Rajeev Ranjan Singh aka Lalan Singh had told media persons in Patna that he had got all these audio evidence and “let the time come, will expose them as well”. After several flip-flops, Mr. Kumar this time would be taking oath as Chief Minister of Bihar for the eighth time since he first came to power in November 2005. Political history repeated itself in Bihar after five years when Chief Minister Nitish Kumar did a turnaround on Tuesday and joined hands again with the Opposition Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) whom he had dumped in 2017 on the issue of corruption. At the same time, a meeting of RJD MLAs and leaders was held at party leader Rabri Devi’s official residence 10, Circular Road. Later, the other mahagathbandhan allies such as the Congress and the Left parties too joined them when from the Raj Bhawan Mr. Kumar headed there to meet them. Interestingly, it was Mr. Prasad, who is currently recuperating from his ill-health in Delhi, approved the proposal of alliance of his party again on Tuesday with Mr. Kumar. “I thank our party chief Lalu Prasad ji for approving a proposal for this alliance in the interest of Bihar and the country”, Mr. Tejashwi Yadav said. “My party leaders were saying since long that enough is enough and we should come out of the BJP alliance and when talks were done with the RJD, we took the decision”, Mr. Kumar said on Tuesday. The buzz in political circles is that former JD(U) president and ex-Union Steel Minister R.C.P. Singh, who recently resigned from the party over alleged charges of corruption, was behind luring the JD(U) legislators and Ministers on behalf of the BJP, to damage Mr. Kumar and his party JD(U). When asked about Mr. RCP Singh, Mr. Kumar quipped, “ Maine iss aadmi ko kya se kya bana diya aur… Earlier, after submitting his resignation, Mr. Kumar told journalists outside the Raj Bhawan, “in today’s [Tuesday’s] meeting of all my party MPs, MLAs, Council members and leaders they expressed their desire to snap ties with the BJP and immediately I accepted their desire and came to the Raj Bhawan to resign from my post of NDA’s Chief Minister”. “Will never compromise on the issue of corruption and do service to people of Bihar along with others”, Mr. Kumar told media persons after returning from the Raj Bhawan. Asked when he would be taking oath, he said, “it is up to the Governor to give time for the swearing-in ceremony”. However, later it was informed that Mr. Kumar will be taking oath as Chief Minister at 4 p.m. on Wednesday.

The political tussle between BJP and JD(U) in Bihar has possibly led to split between their alliance on Tuesday, said Rahul Kumar, a close aide of senior ...

The JD(U) had demanded Singh explain "irregularities" in properties linked to his daughters. Recently, RJD has indicated support to Nitish Kumar in forming the new government in Bihar. We are all united. Go ahead Nitish Jee. Nation is waiting for you." The political rift between BJP and JD(U)---the NDA coalition government in Bihar, intensified after Chief Minister Nitish Kumar skipped a key meeting of the NITI Aayog, chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday and JD(U) leader RCP Singh rendered his resignation from the party. The political tussle between BJP and JD(U) in Bihar has possibly led to split between their alliance on Tuesday, said Rahul Kumar, a close aide of senior JD(U) leader Upendra Kushwaha. The close aide of Upendra Kushwaha, who was one of the national spokespersons in RLSP before merger of the party in JD(U) told LiveMint that an official statement on future of the BJP-JD (U) alliance may come after the Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar comes out from the Bihar Raj Bhavan.

Bihar assembly seats 2022: JD(U)'s Nitish Kumar and RJD's Tejashwi Yadav today met the Governor and staked claim to form a government in Bihar.

In the scheme of things unfolding now, the JDU-RJD-HAM-Congress-CPI(M-L)-CPI alliance of six parties that have written to the Governor has a combined strength of 163. The effective strength of the House has come down to 242 after the passing away of one of the RJD’s legislators. In the Bihar Assembly elections 2020, the National Democratic Alliance had emerged as the winner bagging 125 of the 243 seats in the Bihar Assembly, placing them up just above the majority mark of 122.

Bihar Political Crisis Live: JD(U) And RJD MLAs meeting over. According to sources, the opposition MLAs have signed letter of support for Nitish Kumar, ...

“Congratulations to Nitish Kumar ji for assuming leadership of a new coalition, in a new form”, tweeted Kushwaha referring to the opposition grand alliance’s support for the JD(U) leader. Dumped yet again by Nitish Kumar in Bihar, the BJP is readying its arsenal against the new alliance of JD(U), RJD and Congress again joining forces, and will attack the new government on the issue of corruption, law and order and abuse of the public mandate in the 2020 state elections. A meeting of the RJD-led grand alliance, comprising the Left and the Congress, also took place at Rabri Devi’s residence, across the street from Nitish Kumar’s residence where all the MLAs were said to have signed a letter of support to him. Before any official announcement, RJD leader Upendra Kushwaha in a tweet congratulated Nitish Kumar for leading a “new coalition in a new form,” embracing the RJD-led ‘Mahagathbandhan’ (grand alliance) to continue in office. RJD leader Tejashwi Yadav, who also went to Raj Bhawan along with JD(U) leader Nitish Kumar to meet Governor to stake claim to form a new government in Bihar, said, “What did the government do when China encroached over our land? The Janata Dal (United) and Bharatiya Janata Party began their political journey together in the 1990s with JD(U) getting the “big brother” status in Bihar, something that also reflected in portfolios given in the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) government at the Centre. The number of assembly seats for both BJP and JD(U) since 2005 depicted it. In his first statement following his meeting with Governor Chauhan, Kumar said the decision to sever ties with NDA was taken by JD(U). “All MPs and MLAs are at a consensus that we should leave the NDA,” he said. When asked about possibility of Nitish Kumar as PM candidate in the 2024 Lok Sabha elections, RJD leader Tejashwi Yadav said, “I am leaving this for Nitish ji to answer. Bihar chief minister Nitish Kumar has resigned, announcing the end of his party JD(U)’s alliance with the BJP. The current phase of the coalition lasted for five years, from July 2017 to August 2022. Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Tuesday submitted his resignation to Governor Faghu Chauhan hours after he announced the JD(U)’s alliance with the BJP has ended. JD(U) leader Nitish Kumar has split with ally BJP for the second time in eight years and said, “All MPs and MLAs are at a consensus Read More The ruling DMK said its president MK Stalin’s vision to fight the BJP at the national level has gained momentum with Nitish Kumar’s JD(U) pulling out of the NDA in Bihar. To take on the saffron party at the Centre, DMK organisation secretary RS Bharathi said that his party president Stalin, also Tamil Nadu Chief Minister, had batted for opposition parties to join hands, well ahead of the Presidential election held last month.