Nitish Kumar, after return to NDA, says ‘no question of going anywhere now’
Nitish Kumar took oath as the chief minister of Bihar for the ninth time on Sunday, and said he is back to where he was before. In 2020, Kumar was with the NDA alliance that was voted to power in the state. In 2022, he walked out and became the chief minister of the JD(U)-RJD Mahagathbandhan. In less than two years, he has now gone back to the NDA.
Nitish Kumar’s switch is a big blow to Lalu Prasad and his RJD. But former deputy chief minister Tejashwi Yadav took the blow in his stride, saying that the game is not yet over in Bihar. JD(U) will be finished in 2024, Tejashwi said, calling Nitish Kumar a ‘tired chief minister’.
“Nitish Kumar was a tired chief minister. Whatever the Mahagathbandhan government achieved was because of the RJD and the public will remain with us,” Tejashwi said.
“The NDA government formed in Bihar will leave no stone unturned for the development of the state and to fulfill the aspirations of its people. I congratulate @NitishKumar ji as chief minister and Samrat Chaudhary ji and Vijay Sinha ji on taking oath as deputy chief ministers. I am confident that this team will serve my family members of the state with full dedication,” PM Modi wrote on his official X (formerly known as Twitter) handle.
Ending days of speculation, JD(U) president Nitish Kumar on Sunday exited the ‘Mahagathbandhan’ alliance, ditching Lalu Prasad Yadav’s Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD), and staked claim to form a new government in Bihar with on-and-off ally BJP.
Kumar, along with his two deputies, took oath around 5 pm at Raj Bhawan. Six other cabinet ministers — JD(U)’s Vijay Kumar Chaudhary, JD(U)’s Bijendra Prasad Yadav, BJP’s Dr Prem Kumar, Hindustani Awam Morcha (Secular) president Dr Santosh Kumar Suman, JD(U)’s Shravan Kumar, and Independent MLA from Chakai Sumit Kumar Singh – were sworn in.
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