On July 26, 2017, Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar has resigned, citing irreconcilable differences with ally RJD on the issue of corruption charges against his deputy Tejashwi Yadav. Legislators of NDA constituents and JD(U) will elect Nitish Kumar as their leader, Sushil Kumar Modi says; BJP will be the part of the government.
On July 28, 2017, Bihar CM Nitish Kumar won the floor test in the State Assembly. Nitish Kumar and the BJP, won the test with all of their 131 votes intact. They needed 122 votes to win. The Opposition garnered 108 votes.
The Bihar elections 2015 saw the coming together of JD(U), RJD, and Congress as Grand Alliance that was voted to victory. Out of 243 seats, JD(U) bagged 71 seats, RJD 80 and Congress 27, totalling 178. BJP's previous tally of 91 was reduced to only 53 seats. Nitish Kumar became the chief minister of Bihar for the fifth time and RJD Chief Lalu Prasad Yadav's son, Tejaswi Yadav, became the deputy chief minister.
My View:
After Indira Gandhi came back to power in Jan 1980, Bhajan Lal the then Janata Party's CM in Haryana immediately defected with a huge chunk of Janata Party's MLAs to Congress and continued as CM. This brazen act made him notorious as an exemplar of 'Aayaram Gayaram' culture in which opportunist politicians show no principles & loyalty. Nitish Kumar's brazan acts of today are similar to that of Bhajanlal then. In Indian Politics there are no permanent friends; no lasting principles & nothing else except any & every method to stay put in power. Nitish Kumar on one hand talks about fighting corruption of Lalu Prasad Yadav's son and on other hand resorts to much worst political & moral corruption to retain his CM chair by jumping into NDA. People of Bihar are betrayed by all politicians. Their 2015 mandate stands mangled. Corruption exists in all walks of life but politics of immorality, unprincipled and spiritual corruption is the worst of all. There may not be immediate loss of anything to public at large but its inherent effects in long run are incalculable.
On July 28, 2017, Bihar CM Nitish Kumar won the floor test in the State Assembly. Nitish Kumar and the BJP, won the test with all of their 131 votes intact. They needed 122 votes to win. The Opposition garnered 108 votes.
The Bihar elections 2015 saw the coming together of JD(U), RJD, and Congress as Grand Alliance that was voted to victory. Out of 243 seats, JD(U) bagged 71 seats, RJD 80 and Congress 27, totalling 178. BJP's previous tally of 91 was reduced to only 53 seats. Nitish Kumar became the chief minister of Bihar for the fifth time and RJD Chief Lalu Prasad Yadav's son, Tejaswi Yadav, became the deputy chief minister.
- Earlier in 2013, Nitish Kumar left the NDA after Modi was declared the BJP’s Prime Ministerial candidate. A BJP leader quipped "We did not leave him, but he left us in 2013".
- Modi tweets “For the bright future of the country, and especially Bihar, it is the need of the hour to rise above political differences and join the fight against corruption.” Political differences and immoral alliances can't be equated.
- In 2015 Bihar elections, Modi in his aggressive campaign, addressing over 30 rallies and announced Rs 1.25 lakh-crore development aid package and failed with no action till date. The PM said the package would be in addition to Rs 40,657 crore pledged to ongoing highway and power projects bringing the total to Rs 1.65 lakh crore, besides Rs 8,500 crore of unused money from Bihar’s last central package.
- Citizens can see through such moves of parties suddenly getting bright ideas on development a month before the elections. People may be happy to take the benefit but they will also ridicule it and do their own thing. Biharis did not go for Modi's dangled Rs 1.25 lakh crore carrot. They preferred 'work on the ground'. It is BJP leadership's gross underestimation of Aam Aadmi's intelligence.
- Similar is the fate of Modi's development packages announced to Sikkim and J&K.
- BJP does not favour mid-term polls in Bihar. When it is 'elections ka jumla,' all is fair, as Amit Shah says.
- In the existing alliance Nitish Kumar is junior partner to Lalu Prasad Yadav where as his in new alliance with BJP he will be dominant partner. That makes all the difference apart from bringing him closer to Delhi's power corridors.
- BJP even though mandated to sit in opposition will now occupy positions of power and rule the state, albeit immorally.
- After Jayalalitha's death, Modi's brazen attempt to meddle in Tamilnadu without even a single MP/MLA seat for BJP, were stalled by Sasikala's adamancy which landed her in jail with a quick judgement in a 20 year old disproportionate assets case.
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| Nitish Kumar Gymnastics - Cartoon by Dr. Subramanian Swamy |
In framing a government which is to be administered by men over men,
the great difficulty lies in enabling the government first to control the governed;
and in the next place obligate it to control itself.
How can an unprincipled fight corruption with immorality?
My View:
After Indira Gandhi came back to power in Jan 1980, Bhajan Lal the then Janata Party's CM in Haryana immediately defected with a huge chunk of Janata Party's MLAs to Congress and continued as CM. This brazen act made him notorious as an exemplar of 'Aayaram Gayaram' culture in which opportunist politicians show no principles & loyalty. Nitish Kumar's brazan acts of today are similar to that of Bhajanlal then. In Indian Politics there are no permanent friends; no lasting principles & nothing else except any & every method to stay put in power. Nitish Kumar on one hand talks about fighting corruption of Lalu Prasad Yadav's son and on other hand resorts to much worst political & moral corruption to retain his CM chair by jumping into NDA. People of Bihar are betrayed by all politicians. Their 2015 mandate stands mangled. Corruption exists in all walks of life but politics of immorality, unprincipled and spiritual corruption is the worst of all. There may not be immediate loss of anything to public at large but its inherent effects in long run are incalculable.
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