Nitish Kumar decides to break off alliance with BJP
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India
oi-Madhuri Adnal
Patna, Aug 09:
Bihar
Chief
Minister
and
Janata
Dal
(United)
supremo
Nitish
Kumar
ended
his
party’s
alliance
with
Bharatiya
Janata
Party
in
Bihar,
according
to
reports.
Meanwhile,
Nitish
has
sought
an
appointment
with
Governor
Phagu
Chauhan
at
4
pm,
sources
close
to
the
development
said,
even
as
parallel
meetings
of
the
JD(U)
that
helms
government
and
opposition
RJD
are
on
here
amid
speculations
of
a
major
political
upheaval
in
the
state.
The
meeting
of
JD(U)
MPs
and
MLAs
is
continuing
at
the
chief
minister’s
official
residence,
party
sources
said.
JD(U)
sources
said
Kumar
is
unlikely
to
resign
from
the
chief
minister-ship
and
may
simply
seek
to
replace
BJP
ministers
with
those
of
other
parties,
which
may
support
his
party
in
continuing
the
government.
Nitish
Kumar
to
meet
party
MLAs
today
amid
buzz
on
rift
with
BJP
|
Top
points
A
parallel
meeting
of
the
RJD
legislators
convened
by
party
leader
Tejashwi
Yadav
at
his
mother
Rabri
Devi’s
Circular
Road
bungalow,
a
stone’s
throw
from
the
CM’s
residence,
is
likely
to
endorse
joining
the
JD(U)-led
coalition.
Earlier,
the
Congress
and
Left
parties
handed
over
the
lists
of
their
legislators
to
Tejashwi
Yadav.
Mandan
Mohan
Singh,
the
state
president
of
Congress
said,”We
will
support
Nitish
Kumar
if
he
leaves
the
BJP
and
forms
a
new
government
with
the
help
of
Mahagathbandhan.
We
have
also
given
the
list
of
all
19
MLAs
of
our
party
to
RJD
leader
Tejashwi
Yadav.”
Mahboob
Alam,
the
MLA
of
CPI
(ML)
said,”We
have
also
given
the
list
to
Tejashwi
Yadav.
We
will
uproot
the
BJP
from
power.
We
are
giving
support
to
Nitish
Kumar
for
the
formation
of
a
new
government.”
Amid
Bihar
turbulence,
Speaker
Vijay
Kumar
Sinha
recovers
from
Covid
in
a
day
Currently,
BJP
holds
77
seats
in
the
Bihar
Assembly.
JD(U)
holds
45,
the
Congress
19,
the
Left
led
by
CPIML(L)
has
16,
and
the
RJD
79.
Story first published: Tuesday, August 9, 2022, 13:58 [IST]
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