Bihar: What Nitish Kumar and JD(U) Hope To Achieve Through Upendra Kushwahaâs Merger
The chief minister s party believes that the support of Koiris, the caste that Kushwaha belongs to, will re-energise it. But it may not be so simple.
Upendra Kushwaha and Nitish Kumar on March 14, 2021, after the former merged the RLSP with the JD(U). Photo: PTI
Politics15/Mar/2021
Patna: The merger of Upendra Kushwaha led Rashtriya Lok Samata Party (RLSP) into Nitish Kumarâs Janata Dal (United) [JD(U)] is, apparently, part of the Bihar chief ministerâs initiative to reach out to the Koiris â a backward caste that is electorally significant â to make up for the heavy losses that his party suffered in the 2020 assembly elections.