A Janata Dal United MLA has claimed that his leader Nitish Kumar will step down as chief minister in six months and Rashtriya Janata Dal leader Tejashwi Prasad Yadav will form the government in Bihar.
Gopalpur JDU legislator Narendra Kumar Niraj alias Gopal Mandal’s comments have come at a time there is friction in the NDA, and the JDU is feeling uncomfortable with a more assertive BJP that has become the senior partner for the first time in the alliance.
Mandal made the comments during a telephone conversation with Bihpur BJP legislator Kumar Shailendra, an audio clip of which has been leaked and shared widely on social media, and during a media conference later.