Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar's Janata Dal United (JDU) is expected to part ways with the Bharatiya Janata Party or BJP and end the 18-year alliance this weekend, sources have told NDTV. A final decision on snapping ties could be taken at a JDU meeting in Patna on Saturday.
BJP President Rajnath Singh is scheduled to arrive in the state capital on June 23. Sources say all that's left between the two sides is the handling of exit formalities.
Ahead of Mr Singh's arrival, the BJP in Bihar held an emergency meeting last evening to discuss its strategy for the break-up and after. The BJP reportedly wants Mr Kumar to resign as Chief Minister first and then meet the Governor to stake claim to form the government again.
Yesterday, senior BJP leaders Rajnath Singh and LK Advani phoned Mr Kumar; but sources say he did not reassure them that he will rethink his decision to end the alliance.
Making it clear that he's ready to move on, Mr Kumar in fact confirmed to reporters yesterday that he is in talks with two other regional powerhouses - West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee and Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik - about attempts to assemble a "federal" or Third Front to take on the coalitions led by the BJP and the Congress in the national election.
Nitish Kumar and his party are unhappy with Narendra Modi's elevation as chairman of the BJP's campaign committee. They allege that Mr Modi didn't do enough to protect the hundreds of Muslims who were killed in the riots that ravaged Gujarat in 2002.
BJP President Rajnath Singh is scheduled to arrive in the state capital on June 23. Sources say all that's left between the two sides is the handling of exit formalities.
Ahead of Mr Singh's arrival, the BJP in Bihar held an emergency meeting last evening to discuss its strategy for the break-up and after. The BJP reportedly wants Mr Kumar to resign as Chief Minister first and then meet the Governor to stake claim to form the government again.
Yesterday, senior BJP leaders Rajnath Singh and LK Advani phoned Mr Kumar; but sources say he did not reassure them that he will rethink his decision to end the alliance.
Making it clear that he's ready to move on, Mr Kumar in fact confirmed to reporters yesterday that he is in talks with two other regional powerhouses - West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee and Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik - about attempts to assemble a "federal" or Third Front to take on the coalitions led by the BJP and the Congress in the national election.
Nitish Kumar and his party are unhappy with Narendra Modi's elevation as chairman of the BJP's campaign committee. They allege that Mr Modi didn't do enough to protect the hundreds of Muslims who were killed in the riots that ravaged Gujarat in 2002.
Our Analysis
The case should be too difficult and we expect more changes from BJP to counter this move from JDU, with JDU out, there is always a tough chance for BJP to gain back power and that is not a situation which they want to be in after the 10 year long UPA rule. Although JDU seems to be pretty strong on their decision to avoid Narendra Modi out of the PM equation, we really are not sure if it is out of emotion or there are any other political actions in mind. CPI(M) has already ruled out the possibility of a third front, but since this is the start of the game we will better wait n watch!
- Unknown Updated at: Friday, June 14, 2013
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