Nitish Kumar Quits Mahagathbandhan

Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar's latest volte-face may have exposed him to a fresh wave of criticism over his string of flip-flops, but has improved the BJP's prospects months before the Lok Sabha polls, an NDTV Prashnam survey has found.

Bihar politics crisis: Top leaders of the JD(U) have rushed to the residence of Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar, the party president, amid strong indications that he is planning to quit the ruling 'Mahagathbandhan' and revert to the BJP-led NDA.

Nitish Kumar will be sworn in as Chief Minister of Bihar for a ninth time on Sunday with support from the Bharatiya Janata Party, his on-again-off-again ally, sources told NDTV Friday afternoon.

Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar set the cat among the pigeons Thursday - first snubbing an invitation to join Rahul Gandhi's 'Bharat Jodo Nyay Yatra', and then leaving the Congress-led INDIA bloc on edge by reaching out to the BJP.

Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar will exit the state's ruling Mahagathbandhan and, by extension the Congress-led INDIA opposition bloc, and re-ally with PM Narendra Modi's Bharatiya Janata Party ahead of the April/May Lok Election, sources said.

Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar's JD(U) on Saturday rubbished speculations of cracks appearing in the Mahagathbandhan, which it had joined less than a year ago after quitting the BJP-led NDA.

Sparks are set to fly at the Bihar assembly on Wednesday when the BJP, now stripped of power and politically isolated, will try to hold its own against the mighty seven-party ruling 'Mahagathbandhan'.

Nitish Kumar, who ended his alliance with the BJP in Bihar and formed a government with the Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) and other parties earlier this month, faces a test of his majority today. Hours before the vote, the CBI raided several RJD leaders

The Hindustani Awam Morcha (HAM) of former Bihar Chief Minister Jitan Ram Manjhi exited the opposition Grand Alliance on Thursday, dealing a blow to the opposition's bid to defeat the NDA led by Nitish Kumar's JD(U) in the state assembly elections due in October-November.

Nitish Kumar has quit as Chief Minister of Bihar, ending the two-year-long political experiment that was branded as a game-changing Mahagathbandhan or Grand Alliance which included his party, Lalu Yadav and the Congress. This evening, Mr Kumar met with Bihar Governor Keshari Nath Tripathi to deliver his resignation. Tomorrow, he will take oath as C...

Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar and Lalu Prasad Yadav have called meetings of the party's lawmakers in Patna on Sunday, separately, to prep their lawmakers for Monday's presidential polls but the two party bosses are also expected to speak their mind on the ongoing rift in the Bihar's ruling coalition over demands that Lalu Yadav's son Tejashwi b...

Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar's latest volte-face may have exposed him to a fresh wave of criticism over his string of flip-flops, but has improved the BJP's prospects months before the Lok Sabha polls, an NDTV Prashnam survey has found.

Bihar politics crisis: Top leaders of the JD(U) have rushed to the residence of Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar, the party president, amid strong indications that he is planning to quit the ruling 'Mahagathbandhan' and revert to the BJP-led NDA.

Nitish Kumar will be sworn in as Chief Minister of Bihar for a ninth time on Sunday with support from the Bharatiya Janata Party, his on-again-off-again ally, sources told NDTV Friday afternoon.

Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar set the cat among the pigeons Thursday - first snubbing an invitation to join Rahul Gandhi's 'Bharat Jodo Nyay Yatra', and then leaving the Congress-led INDIA bloc on edge by reaching out to the BJP.

Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar will exit the state's ruling Mahagathbandhan and, by extension the Congress-led INDIA opposition bloc, and re-ally with PM Narendra Modi's Bharatiya Janata Party ahead of the April/May Lok Election, sources said.

Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar's JD(U) on Saturday rubbished speculations of cracks appearing in the Mahagathbandhan, which it had joined less than a year ago after quitting the BJP-led NDA.

Sparks are set to fly at the Bihar assembly on Wednesday when the BJP, now stripped of power and politically isolated, will try to hold its own against the mighty seven-party ruling 'Mahagathbandhan'.

Nitish Kumar, who ended his alliance with the BJP in Bihar and formed a government with the Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) and other parties earlier this month, faces a test of his majority today. Hours before the vote, the CBI raided several RJD leaders

The Hindustani Awam Morcha (HAM) of former Bihar Chief Minister Jitan Ram Manjhi exited the opposition Grand Alliance on Thursday, dealing a blow to the opposition's bid to defeat the NDA led by Nitish Kumar's JD(U) in the state assembly elections due in October-November.

Nitish Kumar has quit as Chief Minister of Bihar, ending the two-year-long political experiment that was branded as a game-changing Mahagathbandhan or Grand Alliance which included his party, Lalu Yadav and the Congress. This evening, Mr Kumar met with Bihar Governor Keshari Nath Tripathi to deliver his resignation. Tomorrow, he will take oath as C...

Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar and Lalu Prasad Yadav have called meetings of the party's lawmakers in Patna on Sunday, separately, to prep their lawmakers for Monday's presidential polls but the two party bosses are also expected to speak their mind on the ongoing rift in the Bihar's ruling coalition over demands that Lalu Yadav's son Tejashwi b...