Nitish Kumar has grown hugely unpopular. It was his unpopularity that had caused his JD(U) to perform badly in assembly polls of 2020, when we did much better, said BJP.
While Nitish Kumar is preparing to take oath as the CM for the eighth time, the BJP is venting its anger over what it calls his betrayal. The Congress, meanwhile, has been smug about the whole political drama saying the BJP's got its 'just deserts'.