Nitish Kumar resigns as Bihar CM after split with BJP | VIDEO

India

oi-Madhuri Adnal

Patna, Aug 09:
Bihar
chief
minister
and
Janata
Dal-United
(JD-U)’s
leader
Nitish
Kumar
submitted
his
resignation
to
governor
Phagu
Chauhan.
He
reached
the
Raj
Bhawan
in
Patna
a
while
ago.

Kumar
emerged
from
his
residence
in
a
cavalcade
and
greeted
a
large
number
of
party
workers,
who
had
been
waiting
outside
to
catch
a
glimpse
of
their
leader.

Workers
of
opposition
RJD,
which
appears
tipped
to
be
a
part
of
the
new
government,
joined
their
counterparts
in
the
JD(U)
in
raising
the
slogan
“Nitish
Kumar
zindabad”.

#WATCH
|
Nitish
Kumar
confirms
that
he
has
resigned
as
Bihar
CM

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— ANI (@ANI)

August
9,
2022

The
JD(U)
today
hailed
Bihar
Chief
Minister
Nitish
Kumar,
its
de
facto
leader,
for
assuming
the
“leadership
of
a
new
coalition”,
while
the
Left
iterated
its
support
for
him
in
a
coalition
sans
BJP.

JD(U)
parliamentary
board
president
Upendra
Kushwaha
wrote
a
post
to
this
effect
on
Twitter,
ahead
of
Kumar’s
meeting
with
Governor
Fagu
Chauhan
later
in
the
day.
“Congratulations
to
Nitish
Kumar
ji
for
assuming
leadership
of
a
new
coalition,
in
a
new
form”,
tweeted
Kushwaha
referring
to
the
opposition
Grand
Alliance’s
support
for
the
JD(U)
leader.
“March
ahead
Nitish
ji.
The
country
is
waiting
for
you”,
Kushwaha
added
cryptically.

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