Last Update: 11 August 2022, 12:43 IST
Bihar CM Nitish Kumar. (File photo/PTI)
An editorial in Shiv Sena mouthpiece ‘Saamana’ praised Kumar fiercely.
Shiv Sena on Thursday claimed Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar Breaking ties with BJP has created a storm and this storm can become a challenge for the saffron party in the 2024 Lok Sabha elections if it intensifies into a cyclone.
An editorial in Shiv Sena mouthpiece ‘Saamana’ praised Kumar, saying the BJP tried to break his party Janata Dal (United), but he retaliated by breaking ties with the BJP. The Marathi daily also hit out at Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde, who had rebelled against the Shiv Sena leadership in June, saying he had succumbed to Delhi. He (Shinde) should understand that Kumar has shown that he can survive without it, the editorial said. The Shiv Sena further said that the rift between Kumar and Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) founder Lalu Prasad should end now.
It also praised Prasad’s son Tejashwi Yadav, who led the RJD’s assembly election campaign in 2020, describing him as a “young and popular” leader from Bihar who challenged the then BJP-JD(U) alliance. Was. The RJD and JD(U) had contested against each other in the 2020 Bihar Assembly elections. The relationship between Kumar and Lalu Prasad has seen many ups and downs in the last four decades.
Nitish Kumar on Tuesday quit the BJP-led National Democratic Alliance (NDA) to join hands with the RJD. The Shiv Sena editorial said that the BJP tried to destabilize the JD(U) by supporting former Union minister RCP Singh and after realizing that Kumar broke away from the saffron party. Nitish Kumar has created a storm. The Marathi publication said that if it turns into a cyclone, it could become a challenge for the BJP. It said the results of political revolutions in Bihar, the land of socialist leader Jai Prakash Narayan, are felt across the country and the new political reorganization in the state could potentially change the outcome of the 2024 Lok Sabha elections.
Bihar sends 40 MPs to the Lok Sabha, ranking fourth behind Uttar Pradesh (80), Maharashtra (48) and West Bengal (42).
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