The long-standing conflict between Bihar chief minister Nitish Kumar and the BJP has reached an off-the-charts scale. Sniping at each other is par for the course since they got together in 2017. But for the first time, there is a very real and present danger.
Nitish Kumar is reportedly convinced that Bihar will become the sequel to Maharashtra, which has just witnessed the removal of Uddhav Thackeray as the head of its government in an exercise that was meticulously planned and implemented by the BJP.
Hence, a public attack by his top aide yesterday, accusing the BJP "of working to break our party."
Here are the LIVE updates on Nitish Kumar vs the BJP:
#Delhi | "We are not seeing any such possibility (of President's rule) in Bihar as of now. First, it should be decided as to what will happen. We'll take a decision as per Bihar's people's direction": RJD Rajya Sabha MP Manoj Jha | reported by news agency ANI pic.twitter.com/Bt25HsqsOO
- NDTV (@ndtv) August 8, 2022
BJP Handling of Uddhav Thackeray Haunts Nitish Kumar: SourcesBuilt-in to Nitish Kumar's crisis with the BJP is his overwhelming concern that his ally is working to pink slip him, said sources close to the Chief Minister.
Nitish Kumar vs BJP Reaches Clear-And-Present-Danger Stage: 10 FactsThe long-standing conflict between Nitish Kumar and the BJP has reached an off-the-charts scale. Sniping at each other is par for the course since they got together in 2017. But for the first time, there is a very real and present danger.
