BREAKING NOW: Nitish Kumar Resigns As Bihar CM & Claims Majority
Patna, Aug 9: Nitish Kumar resigns as Bihar CM and on Tuesday and is all set to form a coalition with Lalu Yadav’s RJD with majority support.
Kumar has split with ally BJP for the second time in 8 years.
Speaking to reporters outside Raj Bhavan, Kumar said that the decision to resign was taken at a all MPs and MLAs meeting of concensus to leave NDA and form new Govt. Earlier, Kumar reached Raj Bhavan to meet Governor Phagu Chauhan amid JDU and RJD workers sloganeering.
Amid a day of fast-moving political developments, #Bihar Chief Minister #NitishKumar announced his resignation after meeting Governor #PhaguChauhan.
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— IANS (@ians_india) August 9, 2022
A meeting of the RJD-led Grand Alliance, comprising the Left and the Congress, also took place at Rabri Devi’s house, across the street from the chief minister’s residence where all the MLAs are said to have signed a letter of support to Kumar.
Leader of the Opposition Tejashwi Yadav is likely to visit the CM’s residence to hand over the letter of support any time. The CM is understood to have told party legislators and MPs, at a meeting he convened at his official residence, that he had been driven against the wall by the BJP which tried to weaken his JD(U), first by propping up Chirag Paswan’s rebellion and later through the party’s former national president RCP Singh.
Relations between the BJP and the JD(U) have been worsening for quite some time in the wake of disagreements over a host of issues including caste census, population control and the ‘Agnipath’ defence recruitment scheme.
