Jan Suraaj Get together founder Prashant Kishor on Saturday (March 21, 2026) alleged that Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar was giving up his submit for the reason that BJP, which has been in energy on the Centre and had performed a key function in securing a “manufactured mandate” for the NDA within the meeting polls final yr, was out to “declare its share”.
Speaking to reporters on the sidelines of a operate organised right here on the event of Id, Mr. Kishor reiterated that Kumar, who heads the JD(U), was “bodily and mentally unfit” for ruling the State.
“I can’t say whether or not Nitish Kumar is leaving of his personal accord or whether or not he’s performing beneath stress. However, in a manner, I stand vindicated. I used to be being pilloried forward of the meeting polls after I had predicted that even when the NDA wins, he won’t be made the Chief Minister,” mentioned Mr. Kishor, who’s a former JD(U) vice chairman.
The 47-year-old additionally mentioned, “My prediction that the NDA may lose could have been off the mark. However about Nitish Kumar, who’s visibly unfit, bodily and mentally, I’ve been confirmed proper. Why else would a Chief Minister step down barely a couple of months after his coalition acquired a brute majority within the Meeting?”.
-PTI
