Political discussion
If Jitan Ram leaves Manjhi to be made the Chief Minister, then the power of Bihar has been in the hands of Nitish for the last two decades. he/she has been changing his/her friends according to convenience and need. The condition in every relationship was that the CM post remained intact. If the assembly elections are close, then the speculation of changing his/her frost and adopting the politics of dynasty is in full swing.
Causes of speculation
Lalu and Tejashwi Yadav continue to express love for Nitish. At the same time, BJP says that the assembly elections will be fought under the leadership of Nitish, but on the Chief Minister’s question, Union Home Minister Amit Shah’s reply was that such decisions make such decisions. How can NDA’s CM BJP’s Parliamentary Board choose?
Example of Maharashtra
If you look at the statement of Shah by keeping the political developments in Maharashtra, the suspense goes deeper. Due to political needs, BJP gave the post of CM to Shiv Sena Shinde faction, a party with less MLAs. The assembly elections were contested under the leadership of Eknath Shinde, but after the election, the BJP again made its CM on the basis of more seats. For this reason, questions are being raised on Nitish’s future in Bihar.
New election equation
JDU got only 43 seats in the 2020 assembly elections. Even after this, BJP made Nitish the CM. Nitish had to bear so much loss due to Chirag Paswan, who had raised his/her candidates in front of JDU. Nitish considered the BJP’s hand behind this and perhaps he/she went into the alliance of Lalu and the Congress. he/she returned to the NDA just before the Lok Sabha elections last year. BJP also benefited from this, but in view of the assembly elections, new equations are now being created.
BJP wants
The 243 -member Bihar Legislative Assembly requires 122 seats for majority. The last time BJP and JDU won 125 seats. Lalu’s grand alliance got 110 seats. This time BJP wants its own figure to reach around hundred so that the dream of making the party’s CM in the state can be fulfilled. The rest of the majority may be from other allies. But, this will happen only when Lalu and Nitish’s performance is very bad. If BJP wants to make its CM on the basis of more seats, then Nitish is hardly ready for the post of Deputy CM.
Nishant’s future
Nitish’s son Nishant Kumar lives in the CM residence with his/her father, but never received indications that he/she would be active in politics. Recently, he/she made political remarks for the first time and since then it started to speculate. Apart from Tejashwi Yadav, some BJP leaders also described Nishant’s joining politics as welcome. Now the way Nishant is seen playing Holi with JDU leaders at the Chief Minister’s residence and then his/her photo-posters were made public, it is considered a clear indication of entry into politics.
Nishant is therefore necessary
Some people believe that if Nishant does not enter politics, then JDU will be shattered before or later. Nitish’s vote bank can be saved from disintegrating only by bringing Nishant. Future power politics is also being seen in this. If the BJP is not in the position of forming a government without JDU, Nishant can be made deputy CM. At the same time, if RJD becomes the largest party, then he/she too would like to make Nishant Deputy Chief Minister once again instead of raising the palanquin of Nitish’s power. The game of power has once forced Nitish Kumar, who was once an outspoken opponent of dynastic politics, to become the Rahi of the same dynastic politics.
(The author is a senior journalist and political analyst)
