Union Home Minister Amit Shah has already declared that Nitish Kumar will continue as chief minister if the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) comes to power in Bihar in the elections, likely to be held October-November. Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) state unit chief Dilip Jaiswal has echoed this. The implication is that even if the performance of Nitish Kumar’s party, the Janata Dal (United), or JD(U), is below par, the chief minister will still be Nitish Kumar.
Yet posters are up in Bihar: “Next CM, Chirag Paswan”. Another one, in Hindi,
Union Home Minister Amit Shah has already declared that Nitish Kumar will continue as chief minister if the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) comes to power in Bihar in the elections, likely to be held October-November. Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) state unit chief Dilip Jaiswal has echoed this. The implication is that even if the performance of Nitish Kumar’s party, the Janata Dal (United), or JD(U), is below par, the chief minister will still be Nitish Kumar.
Yet posters are up in Bihar: “Next CM, Chirag Paswan”. Another one, in Hindi,
Union Home Minister Amit Shah has already declared that Nitish Kumar will continue as chief minister if the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) comes to power in Bihar in the elections, likely to be held October-November. Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) state unit chief Dilip Jaiswal has echoed this. The implication is that even if the performance of Nitish Kumar’s party, the Janata Dal (United), or JD(U), is below par, the chief minister will still be Nitish Kumar.
Yet posters are up in Bihar: “Next CM, Chirag Paswan”. Another one, in Hindi,
Union Home Minister Amit Shah has already declared that Nitish Kumar will continue as chief minister if the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) comes to power in Bihar in the elections, likely to be held October-November. Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) state unit chief Dilip Jaiswal has echoed this. The implication is that even if the performance of Nitish Kumar’s party, the Janata Dal (United), or JD(U), is below par, the chief minister will still be Nitish Kumar.
Yet posters are up in Bihar: “Next CM, Chirag Paswan”. Another one, in Hindi,
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