Nitish Kumar elected as leader of JD(U) legislature party

The sources in the CMO said Mr. Kumar had also telephoned Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley, External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj and other Central Ministers and invited them for the oath ceremony. Asked about the possibility of the BSP and SP joining hands in UP as arch-rivals RJD and JD(U) did in Bihar, Mr Yadav said: “The relationship between the SP and BSP is different from the one between RJD and JD(U)”.

In 1996, the Janata Dal broke and Lalu formed his own party – the RJD – by virtually taking with him all the Janata Dal legislators of Bihar Assembly.

Nitish is said to have personally called up Siddaramaiah on Monday to invite him. The Prime Minister addressed no less than 30 election rallies and BJP president Amit Shah 76 in the course of the campaign.

Bihar can have a maximum of 36 ministers including the chief minister, as the total number of ministers cannot exceed 15 per cent of the total number of members of the house.

Bihar CM Nitish kumar Resigns:The Chief Minister of Bihar Nitish Kumar on saturday resigned from His post and he will continue as caretaker cm on orders of Governer. RJD got 80 seats, the JD(U) won 71 and the Congress 27.

“We have to work hard to realise the faith reposed in us by the voters”, Kumar said, a view echoed by Prasad.

The Bihar defeat has dealt a blow to BJP in general and Prime Minister Narendra Modi in particular.

Unless action is taken against these leaders, who caused extensive damage to the party in the crucial election, discipline would become a major issue within the party, sources quoted the state leadership telling top BJP leaders. He will then be elected leader of the legislature party of the Grand Alliance. When the state was bifurcated, Congress was left with 12 MLAs in Bihar and 11 went to Jharkhand. But as chief minister for over a decade, he was connected to the rural poor with a gift for political mobilization in caste as well as class terms. Modi has mounted a no-holds barred campaign, promising Biharis billions of dollars for development in a state where many of its 104 million people still vote along caste lines. Ahead of the 2005 Assembly polls when JD (U) was part of the NDA, it was Advani who announced Kumar’s candidature as chief ministerial candidate.