All players huddle in Bihar as Nitish readies to switch teams | India News

PATNA: Bihar appears set to get a brand new authorities whilst chief minister Nitish Kumar retains the highest job by changing RJD with BJP as his associate.Political circles right here had been abuzz with hypothesis of Nitish being sworn in as chief minister for a report ninth time, however constitutional consultants identified that he’s not required to undergo the movement of resigning and resuming, and might forge a recent coalition by sacking RJD ministers and changing them with these from BJP, which is on board.

Hindustani Awam Morcha (Secular) of former CM Jitan Ram Manjhi, with 4 MLAs, pledged its assist to NDA; this may make sure the about-to-be stitched ruling mix has a majority within the 243-strong meeting and might accomplish the speedy goal of bringing in a Speaker, most likely from BJP, to interchange RJD’s Avadh Bihari Chaudhary.Nitish will meet his occasion MLAs Sunday morning adopted by a joint assembly of NDA legislators and MPs, most likely at his residence, earlier than both submitting his resignation or dismissing the RJD ministers and submitting a recent letter of assist from BJP and HAM(S) to the governor. “The governor may invite him to take oath within the night itself. Allow us to see how issues unfold within the morning,” a supply near the developments mentioned.

BJP could have two deputy CMs, considered one of them a lady. In contrast to the final time, there’s a chance of the second slot going to somebody from the “higher castes”, sources mentioned.BJP MLAs and MPs went right into a huddle on Saturday, and are to fulfill once more Sunday morning earlier than gathering on the CM’s residence, bringing the curtains down on the Grand Alliance authorities in Bihar, sources mentioned.

The appointment of latest ministers would cap the fast-paced developments, which began unspooling with the dramatic ouster of Rajiv Ranjan Singh Lallan as JD(U) chief (he was instrumental in forging the coalition with RJD), late final month and have since appeared to have gained inexorable momentum.JD(U) sources mentioned the dramatic flip was prompted by Congress chief Rahul Gandhi’s condescending language on the final INDIA bloc assembly the place he purportedly contradicted Sonia Gandhi to say that an announcement concerning Nitish’s appointment as convenor of the the opposition bloc must wait till it was okayed by TMC chief Mamata Banerjee.The Bihar CM, who took the initiative to forge the opposition alliance solely to search out himself being sidelined, had already turned down the provide due to Congress chief Mallikarjun Kharge’s appointment as president of the INDIA mix. He felt Rahul’s remarks had been “insulting”. Efforts by Congress functionaries, Kharge included, and CPM basic secretary Sitaram Yechury, did not mollify him.A tip-off about an alleged effort by RJD to trigger JD(U) MLAs to defect turned out to be the proverbial straw on the camel’s again.BJP, which had publicly introduced that it had slammed the doorways shut on one more rapprochement with Nitish, was initially chilly to overtures from JD(U) for a revival of their alliance. A rethink was prompted by the issues of maximising returns from Bihar within the 2024 Lok Sabha polls, weakening the INDIA bloc and throwing a wrench in Congress’s effort to counter Hindutva by taking part in the caste card.The sudden flip of occasions is a blow to the ambition of Lalu Prasad, disqualified from contesting elections after a number of convictions in felony circumstances, to put in his youthful son, Tejashwi, as CM earlier than the 2025 meeting polls.In truth, Saturday was a double whammy for Lalu along with his occasion on the verge of being disadvantaged of workplace in Bihar and a Delhi courtroom summoning his spouse, former CM Rabri Devi, and their daughters Misa Bharti and Hema Yadav on Feb 9, whereas taking cognisance of Enforcement Directorate’s chargesheet towards them within the land-for-jobs rip-off within the railways.