Ahead of Amit Shah’s digital rally in Bihar on Sunday, widely seen as the launch of the BJP-led National Democratic Alliance (NDA)’s poll campaign, a key ally’s comment on Chief Minister Nitish Kumar may spoil the show of unity. Lok Janshakti Party (LJP) leader Chirag
\nPaswan made it clear he would support the BJP “whether it goes with Nitish Kumar’s leadership or changes its mind”.<\/p>\n
At the same time, Chirag asserted that the NDA would come back to power in Bihar with a huge mandate, winning more than 225 of 242 seats in the assembly.<\/p>\n
Chirag Paswan, whose father Ram Vilas Paswan is a minister in Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s government, also conveyed his dissatisfaction with the way Nitish Kumar handled the migrant crisis, saying it could have been better.<\/p>\n
The BJP has declared Nitish Kumar the chief ministerial face of the ruling NDA for the Bihar election, due later this year, and amid speculation about a rift over the migrant crisis and the coronavirus lockdown, Home Minister Amit Shah is expected to reiterate it in his
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