Bihar Results 2020: Nitish Kumar’s team blamed the impact of Covid.
New Delhi:
Nitish Kumar’s dream of returning as Chief Minister of Bihar now seems to depend entirely on the generosity of his ally, the BJP. At 11:30 am, the party had more seats in Bihar, where votes are still being counted.
Nitish Kumar’s own performance was unsurprisingly abysmal and, for the first time, he is demoted to junior partner in his deal with the Prime Minister’s party. Although leaders close to Nitish Kumar insisted that the “Nitish Mark” is not dented, they acknowledged that the result in Bihar reflects strong anti-incumbency.
“The image of Modi led us through (these elections),” said Kailash Vijayvargiya, a senior BJP leader. “In the evening, we will decide on the issues of government training and leadership,” he told NDTV.
That statement indicates that the BJP could think of a new candidate to head the government in Bihar. When asked if that is what he was referring to, Mr. Vijayvargiya said the BJP will “keep its promise” that Nitish Kumar will return as Chief Minister if trends turn into results.
Nitish Kumar’s team has blamed its poor performance on the overwhelming impact of Covid and Chirag Paswan, the 38-year-old politician who is an ally of the BJP but who has targeted Nitish Kumar during the elections. “Chirag Paswan should have been denouElection
It was passed or controlled from the beginning, “said KC Tyagi, a Nitish Kumar party leader, claiming that the young leader has cannibalized Nitish Kumar’s voter base.
In fact, that is the presumption of the BJP critics and Nitish Kumar and his aides: that the BJP asked Chirag Paswan to become dishonest or, at the very least, the BJP allowed him to do so to reduce him to a smaller player. That would give the BJP final rights to decide the future of its former ally.
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