In a significant development, Bihar Senior Leader and Senior Deputy Minister Sushil Modi said on Wednesday (Nov 11) that there is no question of replacing Nitish Kumar as Bihar’s chief minister. Modi made the statement a day after the BJP ended prior to Nitish JD (U) poll at Bihar Assembly for the first time.
The BJP won 74 of Bihar’s 243 seats, while Janata Dal United managed to record the victory in 43 seats. “Nitishji will remain the Chief Minister, as it was our commitment. There is no confusion about this,” said Sushil Modi.
In an election, he added, “some win more and others less.” “But we are equal partners,” said Sushil Modi.
It should be noted that the BJP has never formed a government on its own in Bihar and the saffron party could not have retained power in Bihar without the support of Nitish Kumar. But experts argue that the results in the 2020 Assembly elections may change the scene, as the BJP may ask Nitish to make way for a BJP leader to become the new prime minister of the state.
The Bihar Assembly election in 2020 turned out to be a suspense on Tuesday as the ruling National Democratic Alliance (NDA) secured a majority in the 243-member assembly and the RJD-led opposition alliance gave it stiff competition. The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has won 74 seats, while the Janata Dal (United) has won 43 seats.
Of the 243 seats, 125 have gone in favor of the ruling coalition led by Chief Minister Nitish Kumar and 110 to rival the Grand Alliance. The RJD emerged as the largest party in the House with 75 seats.
AIMIM won five seats in the Seemanchal region which has a large Muslim population. His ally of the Great Secular Democratic Front (GDSF), the BSP, has been left with a seat.
Chirag Paswan’s LJP, who had withdrawn from the NDA just before the polls and gone to the elections alone, eventually opened his account and won just one seat. An independent candidate also won. The PCI and the PCI (Marxist) won two seats each, the Communist Party of India (Marxist-Leninist) (Liberation) 12 seats, the Hindustani Awam Morcha (Secular) four, Congress 19 and the Vikassheel Insaan Party four. Other parties have won the remaining 2 seats.
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