Back story in Bihar: No resorts, no money, no blandishments in changeover

Nitish Kumar realised in order to have credibility with his new friends, he needed to go the extra mile

On Sunday, August 7, Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar made a call. It was to Congress chief Sonia Gandhi. The two leaders had been in touch even earlier -- Nitish Kumar had called Gandhi when she was down with Covid (before her appearance at the Enforcement Directorate) and the ever sensitive political antennae in Bihar went up.

The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) apparently made nothing of their alliance partner calling the leader of the main opposition party in Parliament. In any case, leaders of the Janata Dal (United), or JD(U), explained it as a call made out of courtesy shown