Soon after resigning as chief minister of Bihar, Nitish Kumar on Tuesday said all MPs and MLAs of the JD(U) are at a consensus that the party should leave the NDA.
“All MPs and MLAs are at a consensus that we should leave the NDA,” said Kumar after submitting his resignation to Bihar Governor Phagu Chauhan following a meeting of his JD(U), where a decision was taken to quit the BJP-led NDA.
He also submitted a support letter of 160 MLAs to stake claims to form a new government, breaking the alliance with the BJP in the state. Before this, JD(U) parliamentary board president Upendra Kushwaha shared a congratulatory message for Kumar for “assuming leadership of a new coalition in a new form”.
“March ahead Nitish ji. The country is waiting for you,” Kushwaha added in the tweet. Kumar emerged from his residence in a cavalcade and greeted a large number of party workers, who had been waiting outside to catch a glimpse of their leader.
Workers of opposition RJD, which appeared tipped to be a part of the new government, joined their counterparts in the JD(U) in raising the slogan “Nitish Kumar zindabad”.
