Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar s potential revival of ties with the NDA has sparked mixed responses. The media speculations are driven by some agenda, according to JD(U) Bihar unit chief Umesh Singh Kushwaha. The grand alliance government in Bihar may not remain intact after Kumar s statement on dynasty politics, says Hindustan Awam Morcha (Secular) leader Jitan Ram Manjhi.
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.
A comment by the parliamentary board chairman of the Janata Dal (United), Upendra Kushwaha, who finds himself side-lined in the party, triggered this question.
Varma joined TMC in November 2021. In January 2020, he was expelled from JD(U) over his open criticism of Nitish Kumar's support for the controversial Citizenship Amendment Act.