Bihar Political Crisis: Nitish Likely To Take Oath As CM Tomorrow As BJP Convenes Key Meet — Top Points

Nitish Kumar is likely to take oath as a Chief Minister of Bihar on Sunday evening at Raj Bhavan in Patna, according to the sources. 

Amid a crisis in Bihar politics sparked by speculation that Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar would cut ties with the Opposition just months before the general elections, the Bharatiya Janata Party has called a meeting of its MPs and MLAs in Patna on Saturday (January 27) to discuss the current political situation as well as the upcoming Lok Sabha elections. Congress, on the other hand, has planned a meeting of party MLAs in Purnea at 2 p.m. today; however, the party claims that it has nothing to do with the current situation.

In a major development, Nitish Kumar is likely to take oath as a Chief Minister of Bihar on Sunday evening at Raj Bhavan in Patna, according to the sources. 

Here Are Top Points

1. On Bihar's political situation, BJP Bihar President Samrat Chaudhary says, " Nitish Kumar has not resigned and nobody has withdrawn support, if something happens, then only we will have any information...BJP wants to know the situation of Bihar and then only we will take a decision."

2. BJP MLAs & MPs will meet on Sunday at 10 am at the Party office in Patna to further chalk out the strategy over the latest political situation in Bihar.

3. Commenting on the political situation in Bihar, Union Minister Pralhad Joshi said that the BJP has no role in whatever is happening in the state. "This alliance is unnatural...something that is unnatural can't survive long. So, automatically this unnatural alliance will have a natural death...whatever is happening in Bihar, we have no role in it, the differences that are happening, it is because of them only...some of the most corrupt parties are part of INDIA alliance...Nitish Kumar doesn't want to be with them now," Joshi said, as quoted by news agency ANI.

4. Speaking on the political situation in Bihar, RJD MP Dr Misa Bharti said that she has no idea of whatever is going on in the state. She further said that whenever RJD comes to power it has always worked for the people of Bihar. "I have no idea right now..whatever is going on in News that is only thing, other than that nobody has said anything...whenever RJD comes to power, we have worked for the people of Bihar and we will keep working for them in the future also," Bharti said.

5. The Congress on Saturday said there is no possibility of the I.N.D.I.A bloc collapse although the BJP is trying to cause “mini implosions”. The party also said those who are “interested in saving democracy” will remain a part of the Opposition alliance. Addressing the media, Congress leader Jairam Ramesh said party president Mallikarjun Kharge tried to speak to Nitish several times but was unable to contact.

6. Sushil Modi, a senior BJP leader and MP who travelled from the national capital to Patna yesterday, stated that no political door is forever closed.  “No door is closed in politics. The door can be opened if needed,” he said. 

7. Congress leader Shakeel Ahmed Khan has called for a meeting of party MLAs and former lawmakers in Purnea at 2 p.m. today. He disputed rumours that the meeting was tied to the state's recent political instability. "Yes, all Congress MLAs (present and former) and senior party leaders are meeting in Purnea tomorrow to discuss preparations related to 'Bharat Jodo Nyay Yatra' of Rahul Gandhi when it enters Bihar on January 29," Khan said.

8. JP Nadda and Chirag Paswan visited Amit Shah's house in the national capital during political unrest in Bihar. "All of us want to know what's the situation in Bihar. Everything will be cleared in sometime," said LJP leader Chirag Paswan after his meeting with Union Home Minister Amit Shah and Bihar political turmoil, PTI reported.

9. There will be a meeting of BJP Legislators and all office bearers today at party office at 4 pm. 

10. "(Bihar CM) Nitish Kumar has built an image where everyone keeps guessing and estimating which alliance he will join and when. However, the signs indicate that Nitish is not comfortable with RJD at all, it seems like he's suffocated there (in Grand Alliance or Mahagathbandhan)," said former Union Minister Upendra Kushwaha on the buzz over Nitish Kumar's return to NDA fold amid rift in INDIA bloc.

11. On Saturday, Union Minister Anurag Thakur made an apparent dig at the INDIA bloc, stating, "Some people are unable to do justice in their own alliance." "Some individuals are unable to uphold justice inside their own coalition.
And as a result, you can see what is occurring in each state," Thakur remarked. 

12. The Bihar chief minister has earlier expressed his dissatisfaction with the INDIA bloc after failing to get a seat in the alliance's senior leadership despite his extensive political experience.