Nitish Kumar burns another bridge

But Nitish Kumar has to make an existential choice: Between governance and politics

Is the exit of Ram Chandra Prasad Singh (RCP to most, former Union steel minister) from the National Democratic Alliance government part of the collateral damage caused by strains in relations between the leaders of the Janata Dal (United), or JD(U), and the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)?

Or is he a symbol of how rapidly Bihar has gone to seed?

RCP’s term in the Rajya Sabha ended earlier this week after Nitish Kumar refused him another term in the Upper House (it would have been his third) and Prime Minister Narendra Modi hinted RCP should resign. There was an unstated