Currently by drawing an end to speculation and rumours, the JD(U) yet again witnessed a change of guard as party members got their old guard back with bihar Chief minister nitish kumar finally taking the reins of the party once again. At the party’s national executive committee meeting on Friday, senior members are said to have addressed other colleagues and expressed their desire to see nitish kumar back in the position of the national president. Kumar did not disagree or deny.
Perhaps the members re-elected him as the chief of the JD(U), while Lalan Singh, who was holding the position, stepped down. Political circles are now abuzz with several other rumours, including the possibility of nitish kumar joining hands with the bjp again. Another senior leader of the party said nitish kumar wants to initiate seat-sharing discussions with the constituents of the india coalition. He was said to be upset as he did not get the “expected respect and recognition” from the alliance partners. He was reportedly not even consulted once before congress president mallikarjun Kharge’s name for the face of the india bloc was proposed. Senior JD(U) leaders maintained that the members of the national executive committee requested nitish kumar to take the control of the party yet again, while Lalan Singh proposed his name as the national president.
Moreover when commenting on the developments, sandeep Shastri, senior political analyst and national coordinator of Lokniti network, said: “The Opposition’s alliance will work and be successful only if they fight elections based on issues, on common minimum programmes. Once they make it a battle of leadership, they will lose the plot. With so many political changes happening in the alliance parties, we have to really wait and watch where it goes.”
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