Bihar CM Nitish Kumar says he will remain in NDA ‘forever’ now

31 Jan 2024 Evaluate

Bihar Chief Minister (CM) Nitish Kumar today said that now he will stay in the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) forever and will continue to work for the people of his state.

Nitish Kumar’s comments came after he dumped the Mahagathbandhan (grand alliance) and the INDIA bloc to form a new government with the support of the Bharatiya Janata Party in Bihar. Criticizing the opposition's grouping, he said that despite his requests to pick another name the INDIA bloc decided to christen the alliance INDIA. He said ‘I was urging them to choose another name for the alliance. But they had already finalized it. I was trying so hard. They did not do even one thing. Till today they haven't decided which party will contest how many seats. Then I left them and came back to who I was with initially. Now I will stay here forever. I will keep working for the people of Bihar’.  Bihar CM also added that the new government will seek a trust vote in the state assembly on February 10. 

Meanwhile, the Congress and RJD have accused Nitish Kumar of being a master of U-turns. Congress General Secretary (Communication) Jairam Ramesh said, ‘I thought Narendra Modi was a master of U-turns but Nitish Kumar has left even the master of U-turns behind.’

Nitish Kumar took oath as the CM of Bihar for a record ninth time, after he tendered his resignation as the chief minister of the RJD-JD(U) government. It was for the second time in two years that Nitish Kumar had jumped the ship, his fifth crossover in a little over a decade. Along with Nitish Kumar, two deputy CMs from the BJP, Samrat Choudhary and Vijay Kumar Sinha, and six other ministers, including Bijendra Prasad Yadav, Santosh Kumar Suman, Shrawan Kumar, and others also took the oath on Sunday.


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