Nitish Kumar

That was one of the very early signals of what was cooking in the mind of the former blue-eyed boy of the late Congress stalwart Tarun Gogoi. Before joining the saffron camp, Sarma had started practicing to be more Hindu than those who were already in the BJP. In the 2011 state elections, the BJP only managed to win five seats in the 126-member Assam assembly. The party's stronghold in the state then was only the Barak Valley, which has a major chunk of Hindu Bengali voters.

JD-U national President Lalan Singh said that the BJP had backstabbed Nitish Kumar during the 2020 Assembly elections. "During the 2020 Assembly elections, the workers of JD-U were helping BJP candidates in winning the seat and the workers of BJP were involved in defeating the JD-U candidates.

Nitish Kumar is currently flexing his muscles to unite opposition parties in the country. He went to Delhi for the three days and met several leaders including Rahul Gandhi, Sitaram Yechury, D. Raja, Arvind Kejriwal, Mulayam Singh Yadav, Akhilesh Yadav and others. As Sonia Gandhi was not present at that time, he did not meet her.

Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar also said that promoting the new generation is his motive, while indicating his deputy Tejashwi Yadav, who was standing just behind him. "I have no personal ambition to become MP or any other post in the country. My supporters may promote my name but I am looking to contest the election.

"On his own, Nitish Kumar barely managed to win two seats. His seat share increased in subsequent polls as he contested with BJP support. But, now, without Modi's face, he stands no chance in UP and even in Bihar, he would find things difficult. In fact, he would not open his account," said Maurya.

Sudhakar Singh is the son of Rashtriya Janata Dal state president Jagadanand Singh. He said at a public meeting that there are many thieves in his department and as he is the minister of the department, he becomes the chief of thieves. While interacting with media persons in Patna, Singh said that he stands by his statement and will not amend it or complain that the statement was twisted by the media.

Congress leader Jairam Ramesh responding to a questions said that, "opposition unity does not mean that Congress should be weak and our allies should understand that they will not allow Congress to weaken and a strong Congress will be the pillar in opposition unity." He said that Rahul Gandhi's yatra is for strengthening the Congress and if the opposition gets united it is good.

Such a sensational statement given by R.C.P. Singh came soon after reporters asked him about Nitish Kumar's comment on him. As soon as he heard Nitish Kumar, he said: "Before joining politics, I was an IAS officer. When he was roaming on the streets, I was an IAS officer," Singh said."I passed the Civil Service Exam in 1982 and became an IAS officer. Where was he? Was he appearing in the examination?

"Sonia Gandhi is currently outside the country. As soon as she returns to New Delhi, the two leaders will meet her in a bid to unite the opposition parties for the 2024 Lok Sabha election," Tejashwi said. Earlier, Nitish Kumar went to the national capital to meet the opposition leaders but as Sonia Gandhi was not there, he was unable to meet her.

On Thursday afternoon while addressing party workers and leaders at Kolkata, Mamata Banerjee remarked about the need for opposition unity against the BJP in 2024, without making it clear whether she would accept Nitish Kumar as the principal face of the opposition.