Most of the leaders of the JDU
are of the opinion that CM Jitan Ram Manjhi is not competent enough to stop
BJP's bandwagon in Bihar. The sources are saying that the JDU is mulling over
the possibilities of reinstating the former CM Nitish Kumar as a strategic move
to counter the winning spree of the BJP.
Even the party is not happy with
the current CM. A few days ago, the JDU Bihar unit president Vashishtha Narayan
Singh accepted that the gap between the CM and some of his cabinet members has
widened, and it is up to the CM to bridge the gap as he is the head of the
government.
Nitish is expected to meet the
top-brass of the party to look into the topic. Kumar has, reportedly, procured a
green signal from the RJD chief Lalu Yadav. Reports are saying that the JDU
chief Sharad Yadav met with Lalu last week to discuss the pros and cons of the
issue; Lalu seems to have agreed to the proposition of Kumar being reinstated
the CM of Bihar.
After the thrashing in the
general elections at the hands of BJP, JDU put forward the name of Manjhi as
the CM as Lalu didn't want to back Nitish then, but with the new found warmth
in the relation of the two leaders, Lalu would not mind if Kumar is the CM
again. And some of Manjhi's recent pro-Modi comments have also reportedly upset
Lalu.
Amid deteriorating camaraderie between
Manjhi and Kumar, Manjhi said that he would prefer his successor to be a dalit
but being a duty-bound person he will back Kumar as the CM of the state if JDU
gets the numbers in in the coming assembly elections. "One must understand
difference between kartavya (duty) and bhavna (sentiment), I am duty-bound to
back Nitish Kumar's candidature for the chief minister's post if the party is
voted to power again during the Assembly polls later this year," said
Manjhi during his weekly program 'Janata Ke Durbar Mein Mukhya Mantri' at his
Patna residence.
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