Comment: Nitish Kumar’s swan song or an exercise in rebranding?
The HinduBihar Chief Minister and Janata Dal leader Nitish Kumar was in New Delhi last week. Though Mr. Kumar has not yet spelled out the form of opposition unity that he envisions, his Rashtriya Janata Dal ally and Deputy Chief Minister, Tejashwi Yadav, is already talking about conceding a ‘seat here or there’ and letting go of one’s ego for the greater national interest. Tensions at the State-level Theoretically speaking, Mr. Kumar’s efforts to at least begin a dialogue with the opposition parties is a significant political development, but can opposition unity be pulled off? Even if Mr. Kumar manages to convince Congress not to claim the driver’s seat, it is not certain that a pre-poll opposition alliance nationwide would be without tensions. Mr. Kumar is no novice and has been in the Chief Minister’s chair for 17 years, having been in alliance, at different times, with the BJP, the Congress, and the RJD.
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