Bihar Politics: When Nitish came to ask for votes, Chirag touched his feet, is it electoral friendship?

You're looking at a picture where Chirag Paswan, the leader of LJP Ramvilas, and Nitish Kumar, the leader of JDU and the Chief Minister of Bihar, are seen together. They are standing on the same stage. Chirag Paswan is touching Nitish Kumar's feet. These pictures are not just pictures. They depict that bitter pill of politics that every leader has to swallow sooner or later.

Over the past four years, tensions between Chirag Paswan's LJP and Nitish Kumar's JD(U) escalated, starting with Paswan's contest against JD(U) in the 2020 assembly polls. Following a split in LJP in 2021, Kumar's departure from BJP, and a subsequent return to the NDA fold, the rift deepened. Paswan's criticism of Kumar intensified, fueled by alleged slights to his father and speculation of Paswan's succession to Kumar's position. Paswan's solo contest in the 2020 elections reportedly affected JD(U)'s vote share, weakening Kumar's standing in the alliance. Ram Vilas Paswan's death led to LJP's split, with accusations of orchestration by Kumar and BJP's involvement, eventually culminating in BJP's alignment with Chirag Paswan's faction for the upcoming Lok Sabha polls.