BJP allies Nitish, Paswan and Kushwaha are believed to have come up with a seat-sharing plan that will leave the party with less than the 22 seats it won in 2014.
There is growing angst within the JD(U), which plans to revive its pitch for special status for Bihar. CM Nitish Kumar has also been heard speaking against Assam's Citizenship Bill and Modi government's demonetisation move.
Nitish stayed silent on communal clashes in Bihar, didn’t act against BJP-linked suspects. It’s a far cry from the time he was touted as Modi’s worthy opponent.
Cracks have only widened between Sharad Yadav and JD(U) chief Nitish Kumar over the past few months, resulting in the party ousting him from its leadership
Bihar Chief Minister, Nitish Kumar spoke in favour of 50 per cent job reservation in the private sector on the basis of caste, experts weigh in on the feasibility of this suggestion.
Since Nitish is being seen as a villain among a large sections of Dalits, and is also an ethically beaten public figure right now, everything he says might appear bad. When India Inc is slowly but steadily moving towards integrating Dalit/Adivasis in their workforce chain, why is this man barking private sector quota at this juncture?
In the storm around Sinauli, many academics dismissed claims of chariots being found. And the public misinterpreted the chariots as a device planted by the govt to fortify Hindutva.
Naidu’s summit brings in MoUs on same scale as Jagan’s, but CM says his plans built on speed, certainty & investor trust, with escrow accounts, simplified incentives & real-time oversight.
Without a Congress revival, there can be no challenge to the BJP pan-nationally. Modi’s party is growing, and almost entirely at the cost of the Congress.
He might be thinking that BJP wouldn’t take risk to go alone in 2019 but he forgets that three way fight – BJP Vs JDU Vs RJD will ultimately help BJP to repeat its performance of 2014 in Bihar. RJD + Congress may get some benefits but JDU would be washed out and breaking alliance means State Election along with General Election where BJP would be benefited.
After breaking with RJD, now Nitish can’t go with RJD and if he goes his stature would be further reduced and also RJD would never trust him, it will also use him till RJD would be benefited.
Nitish has only option, to go with BJP in 2019 and can’t ask more seats after wining only 2 seats in 2014. It can ask more seats during state election
Amit Shah & Modi are not like Vajpyee Advani who let it go party’s interest easily. BJP ditched Shiv Sena in Maharshtra over seat sharing and can ditch JDU too if it would try too hard to bargaining.
Nitish has reduced himself for nothing.
He might be thinking that BJP wouldn’t take risk to go alone in 2019 but he forgets that three way fight – BJP Vs JDU Vs RJD will ultimately help BJP to repeat its performance of 2014 in Bihar. RJD + Congress may get some benefits but JDU would be washed out and breaking alliance means State Election along with General Election where BJP would be benefited.
After breaking with RJD, now Nitish can’t go with RJD and if he goes his stature would be further reduced and also RJD would never trust him, it will also use him till RJD would be benefited.
Nitish has only option, to go with BJP in 2019 and can’t ask more seats after wining only 2 seats in 2014. It can ask more seats during state election
Amit Shah & Modi are not like Vajpyee Advani who let it go party’s interest easily. BJP ditched Shiv Sena in Maharshtra over seat sharing and can ditch JDU too if it would try too hard to bargaining.