By Santosh Kumar Pathak New Delhi, Aug 9 : Nitish Kumar, the powerful JD-U leader on Tuesday, once more quit with the BJP-led NDA and resigned as Chief Minister.He also teamed up with the Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) — a stunning move that not only caused an uproar in Bihar as well as in the nation’s political scene.
However, this isn’t the first time Nitish Kumar has opted to get on the RJD boat after dumping the NDA ship.In a dramatic twist of things in 2015, he had decided to walk with Lalu Prasad’s RJD.However, the JD-U veteran, in a surprise move in 2017, pulled out the of alliance with RJD and then struck a deal with the NDA.
The events of Tuesday have caused many to people question Nitish Kumar’s motives, regarding whether he had planned this move ahead of time following his swearing in as Chief Minister of Bihar for the seventh time in November 2020.
Many are also wondering what might have led Nitish Kumar to align with the RJD — a party that has not earned an excellent image in various areas, with the most prominent one being the law and order.In actual fact, Nitish Kumar’s brand of politics was primarily based by the principle of his campaign against the RJD’s “Jungle Raj”.
According to political experts, Nitish Kumar had gotten the idea that he was not capable of running the administration according to his own rules and regulations, and also enjoy an unfettered hand from the moment Sushil Kumar Modi, who was regarded as an unquestioned lieutenant of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) -was dismissed along with two other BJP memberstwo of them – Tarkishore Prasad and Renu Devi were appointed the Deputy Chief Ministers.
Nitish Kumar, it appears was also not thrilled with the BJP on a number of issues, such as the appointment of ministers who were not part of its allotted quota.
The Bihar Cabinet was expanded in July 2021, in spite of Nitish Kumar’s constant requests that it be expanded, only one JD-U member -R.C.P.Singh R.C.P.Singh was appointed minister.Sources say that the appointment caused Nitish Kumar angry and, since then, the relationship between Nitish Kumar and Singh — who has recently quit the JD-U — sank to a low.
Sources say Nitish Kumar believes that the BJP in making R.C.P.Singh Minister and removing his trusted aide and also attempted to determine his importance.Disappointed, he did not nominate Singh to Rajya Sabha a year later (in 2022).Additionally, JD-U accused Singh of being involved in corruption, which forced the former Union minister to quit the party.
The heated debate that occurred in Bihar Assembly in March this year between Nitish Kumar and Speaker Vijay Sinha (appointed from BJP the quota) has also raised some issues of concern.Actually, Nitish Kumar also accused Sinha of breaking Constitutional norms.
The whispers in the JD-U suggested “BJP’s numerous attempts to discredit Nitish Kumar”.In actual fact, after the incident, Nitish Kumar began maintaining his distance from Delhi.
The JD-U has claimed that the BJP tried to cause rifts among party lawmakers with the assistance of R.C.P.Singh.
Nitish Kumar, who had witnessed the Jyotiradtiya Scindia episode in Madhya Pradesh and the Eknath Shinde saga in Maharashtra He was concerned about the “possibilities of a sabotage by the BJP” sources claimed.
In addition, it needs to be noted that the BJP did not attempt to damage Nitish Kumar’s chances.
In spite of the exchange of words between JD-U and BJP leaders, which was confined to Bihar The top leaders of the saffron party which includes its president J.P.Nadda and Home Minister Amit Shah have stated that Nitish Kumar is the chief of NDA and that they will contest 2024 Lok Sabha polls and 2025 Assembly elections together.
The alliance came to an abrupt conclusion on Tuesday.
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