Forget assembly poll results and look ahead: Bihar CM Nitish Kumar tells JDU workers
The JDU could win only 43 seats in the October-November polls, down from 71 in the last elections in 2015.
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PATNA: Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Saturday urged workers of his Janata Dal (United) to look at the future banishing memories of the recent assembly elections in which the party suffered humiliating losses.
The JD(U) de facto leader, who relinquished the post of the partys national president earlier this month, also asserted that the government in the state will complete its five-year term , in an indirect rebuff to opposition leaders who have been speaking of political instability.
Updated Jan 09, 2021 | 18:56 IST
Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar made it clear on January 8 that there have been no talks with BJP leaders on Thursday regarding the cabinet expansion. Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar with Prime Minister Narendra Modi. | File photo
Patna: After six Janata Dal (United) MLAs joined the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in Arunachal Pradesh, the alliance between the two parties may seem to be intact after leaders of both the parties met each other, but a decision on the cabinet expansion in Bihar is still pending.
However, Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar has been holding the BJP responsible for not expanding the cabinet. The BJP leaders are talking about a cabinet expansion, but the air has still not been cleared which does not bode well for the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) government in Bihar.
JDU paid price for delay in seat-sharing within NDA: Nitish Kumar ANI | Updated: Jan 09, 2021 20:50 IST
Patna (Bihar) [India], January 9 (ANI): Making an indirect attack at the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Saturday said that the seat distribution within the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) for the recently concluded assembly elections should have been done five months prior to the poll, adding further that the Janata Dal (United) had to pay a price since it was not done. The seat distribution within the NDA should have been done five months prior to the elections but that was not done and as a result, JDU had to pay a big price for it. I was not in favour of becoming the chief minister but because of the pressure of BJP and my party, I agreed to assume the post, Kumar said at the JD(U) state council meeting.
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