Janata Dal United (JDU) leader Nitish Kumar and Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) leader Tejashwi Yadav today met Bihar Governor Phagu Chauhan to stake claim to form a new Mahagathbandhan government in Bihar.  

Earlier in the day, he resigned from his post and announced breaking off the alliance with the BJP.

Nitish Kumar today met with his MLAs and MPs before the final decision on the new alliance with Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD), the Congress and the Left-front. 

He said that he has resigned from the post. All MPs and MLAs reached a consensus that they should leave the NDA.

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Hindustan Awami Morcha chief Jitan Ram Manjhi has extended his support to Nitish Kumar and the Mahagathbandhan. But Lok Janshakti Party (LJP) will continue with the NDA.

LJP chief Chirag Paswan today questioned the credibility of Nitish Kumar. He demanded president rule in Bihar.

Bihar BJP chief Sanjay Jaiswal accused that Nitish Kumar has betrayed the people of Bihar. He said that they fought 2020 assembly elections together under the National Democratic Alliance (NDA), and the mandate was for the JDU and BJP. BJP won more seats despite that, Nitish Kumar was made the Chief Minister of Bihar.

Union Minister and Senior BJP leader RK Singh has also condemned Nitish Kumar’s resignation as Chief Minister of Bihar. He said that 15 years of Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) government took the state backwards. Nitish Kumar also said this multiple times. How will he justify going into an alliance with RJD? He said that they were corrupt.

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