A few of the Opposition events nonetheless view the JD(U) chief with suspicion citing his quite a few U-turns
New Delhi: As the thrill round Bihar chief minister Nitish Kumar turning into the joint Opposition candidate for the Prime Minister’s put up grows, his social gathering, the Janata Dal (United), mentioned on Friday that if all different events need it, this could possibly be an choice. Mr Sharad Yadav, a pacesetter of the Rashtriya Janata Dal, the JD(U)’s new political ally in Bihar, additionally mentioned Mr Kumar could possibly be the prime ministerial candidate for the 2024 Lok Sabha polls. Mr Nitish Kumar’s determination to interrupt ties with the BJP, his ally since 1996 apart from a interval between 2013-17, has more and more fuelled hypothesis about his attainable prime ministerial bid.
JD(U) president Lalan Singh mentioned that Mr Kumar’s most important focus was on uniting the Opposition events to tackle the BJP within the 2024 Lok Sabha polls and that he’ll go to the nationwide capital to fulfill leaders from varied events after the vote of confidence within the Bihar Meeting subsequent week. The JD(U) president and Lok Sabha MP mentioned many Opposition leaders, together with Sharad Pawar and Arvind Kejriwal, had referred to as up Mr Kumar to congratulate him after he lower off ties with the BJP and allied with its rivals to type a brand new authorities in Bihar. He mentioned all Opposition events ought to sit collectively to determine on the management to tackle the BJP led by Prime Minister Narendra Modi within the subsequent Lok Sabha polls.
A few of the Opposition events nonetheless view the JD(U) chief with suspicion citing his quite a few “U-turns”. Some Opposition leaders additionally identified that Mr Kumar was one amongst a number of leaders with prime ministerial ambitions, together with West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee and Telangana CM Okay. Chandrashekar Rao, in addition to Congress chief Rahul Gandhi. Mr Nitish Kumar has, nonetheless, refused to reply to questions on him being the Opposition’s prime ministerial face within the Lok Sabha elections.
