Nitish Kumar’s 2022 NDA flip vs 2024: How JDU, RJD, BJP reacted then and now
Live MintSometimes friends, sometimes foe. "Now I am back where I was before and now there is no question of going anywhere," Nitish Kumar said after taking oath as the Bihar Chief Minister for the record ninth time on Sunday. Former Bihar Deputy Chief Minister Sushil Modi had dismissed JD's allegations that the BJP wanted to break the party and that it made RCP Singh a Union minister without Nitish Kumar's consent. BJP will win all 40 Lok Sabha seats.” Prime Minister Narendra Modi congratulated Nitish Kumar, Samrat Choudhary and Vijay Sinha on taking oath as the Chief Minister and Deputy Chief Ministers of Bihar. What RJD says Then: After an alliance with Nitish Kumar in 2022, Tejashwi Yadav said, “Today, all parties and members of the Bihar Legislative Assembly except the BJP have accepted Nitish Kumar as their leader.” Now: Tejashwi Yadav called Nitish Kumar a "tired Chief Minister" after the latter pulled his party JD out of the grand alliance and joined hands with the BJP again.