Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Tuesday demonstrated that he was neither tired nor in a mood to retire as he turned up at the JD(U)’s war room in Patna to take stock of the final phase of the assembly polls that were underway.
The JD(U) president, who has been in the seat of power longer than any of his predecessors, reached the party office shortly after a meeting with Union minister Rajiv Ranjan Singh ‘Lalan’, one of his most trusted aides.
The 75-year-old is understood to have been buoyed by reports that his party, which had suffered a setback in the 2020 assembly polls, was poised for a better-than-expected performance this time.
In the last elections, the JD(U)’s tally had crashed to 43, a drop of more than 25 seats compared with the previous assembly polls, which was primarily blamed on the revolt of Lok Janshakti Party headed by Chirag Paswan.
Paswan had fielded candidates in all seats contested by the JD(U), many of them BJP rebels.
This time, though, Paswan, whose pa​Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Tuesday demonstrated that he was neither tired nor in a mood to retire as he turned up at the JD(U)’s war room in Patna to take stock of the final phase of the assembly polls that were underway.
The JD(U) president, who has been in the seat of power longer than any of his predecessors, reached the party office shortly after a meeting with Union minister Rajiv Ranjan Singh ‘Lalan’, one of his most trusted aides.
The 75-year-old is understood to have been buoyed by reports that his party, which had suffered a setback in the 2020 assembly polls, was poised for a better-than-expected performance this time.
In the last elections, the JD(U)’s tally had crashed to 43, a drop of more than 25 seats compared with the previous assembly polls, which was primarily blamed on the revolt of Lok Janshakti Party headed by Chirag Paswan.
Paswan had fielded candidates in all seats contested by the JD(U), many of them BJP rebels.
This time, though, Paswan, whose pa ​Latest News [ SOBAN NEWS: International and National ]
