The BJP-led Centre’s decision to confer the country’s highest civilian honour on Karpoori comes at a time when Bihar is celebrating the centenary of his birth anniversary from January 22-24 and the opposition INDIA alliance has been pitching for a nation-wide caste census.
Sushil Kumar Modi, a BJP leader and former Deputy Chief Minister of Bihar, dismissed rumors about Chief Minister Nitish Kumar s return to the NDA, alleging that the JD(U) strategically spread them to control its allies. Modi emphasized the BJP s closed doors to Kumar and suggested the rumors aimed to curb internal dissent within the JD(U). Despite persistent speculation, Nitish Kumar avoided addressing organizational changes and alliance queries during a routine party conclave, maintaining that everything is normal within the Grand Alliance.
While BJP leaders are daring Bihar CM to contest against PM Modi from Varanasi, JD(U) is using symbolism of Dec 24 rally to project Nitish as Opposition's face.
Soon after a plea was filed in the Patna High Court on Monday challenging the decision of the Bihar government to increase the reservation quota in the state, JD(U) National President Lalan Singh claimed that the BJP is behind the .
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