Published 13:43 IST, September 11th 2019
Bihar Dy CM supports Nitish Kumar as NDA CM face, deletes tweet later
A day after Bihar BJP MLC said Nitish Kumar should not be chief ministerial face for 2020 state polls, deputy Chief Minister Sushil Modi rebuffed his claims.
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A day after BJP MLC from Bihar said that BJP should have its own chief ministerial face for upcoming assembly polls, deputy Chief Minister Sushil Modi rebuffed his statements. Taking to Twitter, BJP's Sushil Modi said that spoke in support of Bihar CM and JDU chief Nitish Kumar. In a w deleted tweet, he said that Kumar will be 'captain of Bihar NDA in assembly polls too.' In direct contrast to what his BJP colleague Sanjay Paswan h said a day earlier, deputy CM said that Nitish is successfully defeating rivals so re is need of a new face. he, however, deleted tweet later raising speculations of internal tussle in NDA.
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BJP MLC Sanjay Paswan has said on Monday that BJP leer should be me next Chief Minister of Bihar. Clarifying that he is t demeaning or disrespecting JD(U), he went on to ask Nitish Kumar to move to politics in Centre and leave state politics to BJP. He claimed that NDA gets vote in name of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, n chief ministerial candidate should also be a BJP leer. However, his comments seem to have gone wrong with Deputy CM as evident by his tweet. Neverless, sources said that due to internal pressure and tussle between JDU and BJP, he deleted his tweet a few minutes later. Below is a screenshot of Sushil Modi's tweet:
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Precursor to Bihar assembly elections
A slogan war has begun in Bihar as a precursor to upcoming assembly election in 2020. 2020 Bihar election campaign slogan of JD(U) was spotted on various banners outside JD(U) he office a few days ago. slogan re - Kyun Kare Vichar, Thikke toh hai Nitish Kumar." (Why to think, Nitish Kumar is fine.) RJD took it as an opportunity to slam Nitish Kumar saying that JD(U) has accepted its defeat by calling Nitish Kumar fine (thikke) and t good. As RJD blew its criticism quoting ar slogan "Kyun na kare vichar, Bihar jo hai bimar" (Why should we t think when Bihar is ill), JD(U) changed its slogan. w new slogan of party res - Kyu kare vichaar jab hai hi Nitish Kumar (Why to think when we have Nitish Kumar.)
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Bihar assembly elections
With a total of 243 seats in Bihar assembly, state goes to polls in upcoming year. While ruling alliance of JD(U) and BJP are reportedly having internal tussles, Opposition alliance - Mahagathbandhan appears to be directionless after massive poll drubbing in general elections 2019. Lalu Yav's party failed to open its account in general elections and Nitish Kumar is facing anti-incumbency. With JD(U) VP's strategy team working with Mamata Banerjee in West Bengal, Nitish Kumar speaking against BJP on various issues and repeated invitations by RJD to Kumar for rejoining Mahagathbandhan, poll-season in Bihar piques interest.
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12:05 IST, September 11th 2019