PATNA / NEW DELHI: Bihar, which puzzled many last Tuesday by re-electing the NDA in defiance of psephologists’ predictions and the consensus on a possible setback, has not been without surprises.
On Sunday, the BJP removed Sushil Modi as the leader of its legislative group in Patna, in a move that was seen as a reflection of the leadership’s anxiety to prepare the party for the 2025 elections by removing it from the long shadows of Prime Minister Nitish Kumar. .
Sushil Modi, who played a very important role in building the party into a force in the state and who served as the leader of the legislative group since 1990, except for two short interludes, was seen to enjoy a very close relationship with Nitish, a bond that, many in BJP felt could get in the way of the party leveraging its superior numbers and newly acquired status as a senior partner in the NDA.
JD (U) ‘s answer is worth seeing. A section of the party is already resentful of what it sees as the BJP leadership’s unwillingness to kick Chirag Paswan out of the NDA nationwide. You also have to face the possibility of losing departments you had due to poor performance.
BJP sources said Tarkishore Prasad, Katihar’s four-term MLA representing the OBC Vaishyas, and Renu Devi, a well-known female face of Bettiah’s EBC and third-term MLA, could become senior deputy ministers.
Prasad and Devi were elected leader and vice chairman of the party’s legislative group in the presence of Defense Minister Rajnath Singh, former CM of Maharashtra Devendra Fadnavis and Bihar Bhupender Yadav’s secretary general in charge. Singh’s presence was meant to convey the leadership’s intent, the sources said.
There was no official announcement of the big change, but sources confirmed that Sushil Modi will not get another, his fourth, term as CM deputy. His own tweets suggested that he was reconciled to the possible change in his responsibilities, with one of his tweets, “No one can take away my party worker position,” which appears to have been inspired by speculation that he was retired.
Singh told reporters in Patna: “The decision on the deputy prime minister will be made at party meetings … it will be known at the appropriate time.”
When asked who his deputy would be after meeting with Governor Fagu Chauhan to claim participation, Nitish said: “He will find out soon.” Nitish and his deputies will be sworn in at 4.30pm on Monday.
There were enough signs that pointed to the probable change. Tarkishore Prasad was elected leader of the BJP legislative party, a position held by Sushil Modi, who is a member of the legislative council. The legislative party of the BJP is made up of party members in both the assembly and the council.
With Vaishyas Prasad and the head of the state party, Sanjay Jaiswal, heading the legislative group and the organization respectively, the possibility of Sushil Modi being retained as a CM deputy seemed slim.
The decision to send Rajnath Singh to Patna was another sign of surprise, as Bhupender Yadav and Fadnavis, the two leaders who handled the Bihar campaign, could have handled the selection of the party leader in the legislature.
It was speculated that Sushil Modi, widely seen as a competent person who, after having been Bihar’s finance minister for 17 years and a member of the GST Council, would be brought to the Center. He can be accommodated against the Rajya Sabha vacancy caused by the death of LJP leader Ramvilas Paswan, according to speculation.
The Narendra Modi government may soon have to fill vacancies in important departments such as agriculture / rural development and civil food and supplies. Jyotiraditya Scindia, who moved on to the BJP and has since been chosen for Rajya Sabha, has also been waiting behind the scenes.
The election of Renu Devi, an EBC from the Nonia caste, as the deputy leader of the BJP legislative party is significant in view of the appeal PM Modi has acquired among extremely backward castes and women, two districts that are considered to have secured victory. of the NDA. In his thanksgiving speech, Modi recognized them as the “silent voters” of the BJP, who had supported the party without hesitation.
Prasad is from Seemanchal, where AIMIM’s entry from Asaduddin Owaisi has made the region’s already complicated politics more complex by winning five seats.
On Sunday, the BJP removed Sushil Modi as the leader of its legislative group in Patna, in a move that was seen as a reflection of the leadership’s anxiety to prepare the party for the 2025 elections by removing it from the long shadows of Prime Minister Nitish Kumar. .
Sushil Modi, who played a very important role in building the party into a force in the state and who served as the leader of the legislative group since 1990, except for two short interludes, was seen to enjoy a very close relationship with Nitish, a bond that, many in BJP felt could get in the way of the party leveraging its superior numbers and newly acquired status as a senior partner in the NDA.
JD (U) ‘s answer is worth seeing. A section of the party is already resentful of what it sees as the BJP leadership’s unwillingness to kick Chirag Paswan out of the NDA nationwide. You also have to face the possibility of losing departments you had due to poor performance.
BJP sources said Tarkishore Prasad, Katihar’s four-term MLA representing the OBC Vaishyas, and Renu Devi, a well-known female face of Bettiah’s EBC and third-term MLA, could become senior deputy ministers.
Prasad and Devi were elected leader and vice chairman of the party’s legislative group in the presence of Defense Minister Rajnath Singh, former CM of Maharashtra Devendra Fadnavis and Bihar Bhupender Yadav’s secretary general in charge. Singh’s presence was meant to convey the leadership’s intent, the sources said.
There was no official announcement of the big change, but sources confirmed that Sushil Modi will not get another, his fourth, term as CM deputy. His own tweets suggested that he was reconciled to the possible change in his responsibilities, with one of his tweets, “No one can take away my party worker position,” which appears to have been inspired by speculation that he was retired.
Singh told reporters in Patna: “The decision on the deputy prime minister will be made at party meetings … it will be known at the appropriate time.”
When asked who his deputy would be after meeting with Governor Fagu Chauhan to claim participation, Nitish said: “He will find out soon.” Nitish and his deputies will be sworn in at 4.30pm on Monday.
There were enough signs that pointed to the probable change. Tarkishore Prasad was elected leader of the BJP legislative party, a position held by Sushil Modi, who is a member of the legislative council. The legislative party of the BJP is made up of party members in both the assembly and the council.
With Vaishyas Prasad and the head of the state party, Sanjay Jaiswal, heading the legislative group and the organization respectively, the possibility of Sushil Modi being retained as a CM deputy seemed slim.
The decision to send Rajnath Singh to Patna was another sign of surprise, as Bhupender Yadav and Fadnavis, the two leaders who handled the Bihar campaign, could have handled the selection of the party leader in the legislature.
It was speculated that Sushil Modi, widely seen as a competent person who, after having been Bihar’s finance minister for 17 years and a member of the GST Council, would be brought to the Center. He can be accommodated against the Rajya Sabha vacancy caused by the death of LJP leader Ramvilas Paswan, according to speculation.
The Narendra Modi government may soon have to fill vacancies in important departments such as agriculture / rural development and civil food and supplies. Jyotiraditya Scindia, who moved on to the BJP and has since been chosen for Rajya Sabha, has also been waiting behind the scenes.
The election of Renu Devi, an EBC from the Nonia caste, as the deputy leader of the BJP legislative party is significant in view of the appeal PM Modi has acquired among extremely backward castes and women, two districts that are considered to have secured victory. of the NDA. In his thanksgiving speech, Modi recognized them as the “silent voters” of the BJP, who had supported the party without hesitation.
Prasad is from Seemanchal, where AIMIM’s entry from Asaduddin Owaisi has made the region’s already complicated politics more complex by winning five seats.
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