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Uncertainty has once again engulfed Bihar with the possibility of Chief Minister Nitish Kumar shifting to the BJP-led National Democratic Alliance (NDA), Communist Party of India (Marxist-Leninist) Liberation has accused the BJP of creating differences in Mahagathbandhan over seat sharing.
Speaking to ANI on Friday, the CPI(ML) leader Mahboob Alam said that the BJP wants to win the Lok Sabha elections anyhow. "I had a word with Minister Vivek Kumar Choudhary around 11 am and he said there is no issue...you can't blame one person regarding seat sharing, did seat sharing happen in NDA? No, the BJP wants to create differences in Mahagathbandhan over seat sharing. BJP has gone crazy...they want to win the Lok Sabha elections anyhow..." Mahboob Alam said. Speculations are rife that Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar will possibly cross over to the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) again, an alliance he left in 2022 to join hands with the Opposition and form 'mahagathbandhan'. If Nitish switches sides, this will mark the fourth time in just over a decade that he would do it. Nitish's shift would deal a severe blow to the ruling Mahagathbandhan (grand alliance) in Bihar as well as the Opposition INDIA bloc at the national level that is formed to take on the BJP-led centre. In the Bihar Assembly of 243, the RJD has 79 MLAs; followed by the BJP's 78; the JD(U)'s 45' the Congress's 19, the CPI (M-L)'s 12, two each of the CPI(M) and CPI, the Hindustani Awam Morcha (Secular)'s four seats, and the AIMIM's one, plus one Independent legislator. Meanwhile, amid such reports, Rashtriya Lok Janata Dal (RLJD) president Upendra Kushwaha said that there are enough indications that Kumar is worried and disturbed in Mahagathbandhan (grand alliance) and JDU chief might be thinking about exiting the bloc. "How can I tell what will happen in Bihar, I am not a future teller. But indications are coming out that there is JDU versus RJD going on. And there are indications that Nitish Kumar is worried and disturbed in Mahagathbandhan and wants to exit the alliance," Upendra Kushwaha told ANI. On the other hand, Akhilesh Yadav, the Samajwadi Party Chief and ally of the INDIA bloc on Friday said that there is "no sign" of Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar, a key figure in the opposition alliance returning to the NDA. Speaking to the reporters here, Yadav also expressed his hope that Nitish will strengthen the INDIA alliance, formed to take on the BJP-led central government in the upcoming general elections. "There is no such sign. We hope that Nitish Kumar will not go to NDA. He will strengthen the INDIA alliance," Yadav said. The BJP, however has called its state executive meeting tomorrow and the day after, the sources said. The meeting is likely to be held on January 27 and 28. (ANI)
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