Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Friday attended the high tea ceremony held at the Raj Bhavan in Patna on the occasion of Republic Day with his deputy Tejashwi Yadav's absence.
Nitish Kumar will be sworn in as Chief Minister of Bihar for a seventh time on Sunday with support from the Bharatiya Janata Party, his on-again-off-again ally, sources told NDTV Friday afternoon.
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.
The INDIA bloc appears to be unravelling with a third key leader - Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar - likely to change camp. Mr Kumar, in a last-minute U-turn, will partner with the BJP in the coming Lok Sabha elections, sources said.
"Nitish Kumar was addressing a programme organised on the birth anniversary of Karpoori Thakur, whom he has idolised. Like all great socialists, Thakur abhorred dynastic succession in politics. This was the simple fact Nitish Kumar wanted to underscore. Nothing more should be read into it," asserted Tyagi.