Bihar Political Crisis: Tejashwi Yadav asked for a house, till now Nitish Kumar is with RJD, also wants speaker’s job. Patna News – Times of India

Patna: Congressimminent return of government in A state in Eastern India as a constituent of the Mahagathbandhan revived by the JD(U) and RJD On Tuesday, the party demanded four cabinet berths, which its allies are ready to give, sources said.

RJD’s Tejashwi Prasad Yadav apparently wants the Home Department, which is the CM Nitish Kumar has always retained for his party. An RJD functionary said that the party is also eyeing the post of Speaker of the Assembly, reports Sheejan Nejami.
In 2015, the Congress had four cabinet berths to show its assembly strength of 27 MLAs. Since the party currently has 19 MLAs, applying the same formula to one cabinet berth for every six MLAs would effectively give it three cabinet berths. The party plans to give these berths to Dalit, Muslim and upper caste candidates.

“In the upper caste quota, state Congress president Madan Mohan Jha, CLP leader Ajit Sharma and senior party functionary Vijay Shankar Dubey are in the running. All three are trying their best to get a cabinet berth. This is pushing the Congress to pressurize it. on coalition partners and increase its quota to four,” said a Congress insider. He added, “There is pressure to be an OBC minister too. Rajesh Ram is expected to be made a cabinet minister from Dalit quota.”

An RJD member said that the name of Congress’ Kadwa MLA Shakeel Ahmed Khan is also being discussed in the cabinet. “He is a strong minority leader and has a strong presence in Delhi.”
A day before Nitish’s rumored telephonic conversation with Congress president Sonia Gandhi, there was talk of the party pressing for two deputy CMs – one from the RJD and the other from the Congress. Sources said Tejashwi rejected the offer.

CLP leader Sharma claimed that the cabinet berth was not even discussed within the party. “Our focus is on the constitution and development of Bihar. On August Kranti Diwas, BJP The government was made to leave, just as the initiative to drive out the British was taken,” he said.

‘Chhota Bhai’ to become CM for record 8th time
When Nitish Kumar takes oath as the chief minister of the grand alliance in Patna on Wednesday, the 71-year-old JD(U) patriarch will be the only politician in the country to have taken oath as the CM eight times.
is called “Chanakya” Bihar politicsNitish came into the limelight of state politics in March 1990 when he helped his Janata Dal senior Lalu Prasad rise to the CM’s chair. At that time Nitish considered Lalu as his ‘elder brother’ and Lalu used to call Nitish his ‘younger brother’. Insiders say that Lalu used to take the consent of Nitish and some other senior allies before taking any major political and administrative decision in the party and government.
But, within a few years, the “brothers” began to differ on some political issues and their relationship soured when, against the wishes of Lalu, people of their own caste, “Kurmi Chetna Maharli” at Gandhi Maidan on February 12, 1994, against the wishes of Lalu. attended the rally. After addressing this rally, Nitish came out of Lalu’s shadow and took his political line.

But Nitish’s aspiration to emerge as an alternative to Lalu suffered a setback when his newly formed Samata Party won just seven of the 310 seats it contested in the 1995 elections.
However, the party’s prospects brightened in the 1996 Lok Sabha elections when, in alliance with the BJP, it won six, eight seats in Bihar alone. The alliance that Nitish made with the BJP in 1996 lasted for 17 consecutive years: Nitish became the Railway Minister in the Vajpayee government and became the CM of Bihar thrice with the help of the BJP.
But in 2013, Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi was made BJP’s campaign chief for the 2014 Lok Sabha elections, after which the JD(U) left the NDA. But going it alone in the 2014 elections proved disastrous for Nitish as the JD(U) could win just two of the state’s 40 Lok Sabha seats – as against 20 in the 2009 election – prompting him to forge an alliance. With RJD and Congress in the 2015 assembly elections.
Whenever Nitish has gone alone, he has always suffered a setback. On the other hand, on all seven occasions he became chief minister, he could do so only with the help of allies: five times with the help of the BJP, and twice with the help of others, in 2015 when he became the chief minister. Grand Alliance CM.

Opposition sees Nitish Kumar’s move as a sign to fight BJP
Opposition parties welcomed Nitish Kumar’s move to break alliances with the BJP and RJD, Congress and other parties in Bihar, a move that hit the BJP and signaled that the opposition would not be intimidated by the saffron party. . One party said that the alliance in Bihar has given the BJP the taste of its medicine.
“Today is a good start, the day when the slogan ‘Quit India (Quit India)’ was given against the British. If the slogan of ‘BJP bhagao (Bhoj BJP)’ is coming from Bihar, I think socialist Party president Akhilesh Yadav said that in other states also, parties will stand against the BJP, and people will do the same.

Congress leader Jairam Ramesh said this was an example that what goes up must come down and the ruling party was “illegally” bringing down state governments. “In March 2020, the Modi government postponed the Covid-19 lockdown to the downfall of the Kamal Nath government in Madhya Pradesh. Now, knowing that a coalition government is going to go to Bihar, the Parliament shortens the session. Which above He should come down!” Ramesh said on Twitter. Rajasthan CM Ashok Gehlot called the JD(U) and BJP alliance “nefarious” and “bound to break”.

CPI general secretary D Raja tweeted that Nitish’s move was a “strong allegation of the politics of intimidation being pursued by the BJP”. There is also a rift in the relationship between BJP and AIADMK.

Former PM and JDS supremo HD Deve Gowda tweeted: “I am watching the developments in Bihar. It made me think of the days when the Janata Dal family was under one roof. It gave three PMs. I advanced my years but if the younger generation decides that she can present a good alternative to this great nation.”

CPI MP Binoy Viswam said one can feel the change. “Bihar sends a message of far-reaching change in Indian politics. The final outcome depends on the level of insight expected from key players,” Vishwas tweeted. BJP”.

CPI(M) general secretary Sitaram Yechury said the BJP has now got a “taste of its medicine”. Yechury told the news agency, “The BJP has said that it wants an opposition-free India. Now let’s see how some parties are reacting to them, especially their allies. After what they did in Maharashtra, they got a taste of their own medicine. Are getting.” PTI.
Tamil Nadu’s ruling DMK said party chief MK Stalin’s determination to fight the BJP in national politics got a boost from Nitish’s move.