Another Switch By Nitish Kumar After Bihar Polls? Prashant Kishor Makes Big Prediction

Patna: As the Bihar assembly elections knocks, a political strategist-turned-politician Prashant Kishor on Wednesday had made a big claim that JD(U) president Nitish Kumar will contest the upcoming assembly polls in Bihar in alliance with the BJP but may switch sides later, with hopes for another term as the chief minister.

Prashant Kishor, founder of Jan Suraaj Party  was addressing a press conference in West Champaran district, asserted that Niitsh Kumar had grown too unpopular to enjoy a fifth consecutive term in office “no matter which alliance he becomes a part of”

'Anybody Can Become CM in November, Except Nitish Kumar' – Kishor

Kishor said, “Anybody can become the chief minister in November, after the assembly elections are over, except Nitish Kumar. You can take it from me in writing. If I am proven wrong then I will give up my own political campaign,”

About speculations that JD(U) president may quit the NDA ahead of the assembly polls, in view of the BJP's apparent reluctance to declare him as the chief ministerial candidate, the former political strategist said, "He will contest in alliance with the BJP. He has always done so, barring the elections of 2015, when I had handled his campaign."

Kishor also claimed that the BJP was wary of declaring Kumar as the chief ministerial candidate of the NDA because of his declining popularity.

Kishor’s Bold Challenge: Will PM Modi Back Nitish Kumar’s Full-Term CM Claim?

Kishor asserting his claim, challenged Prime Minister Modi to declare that Nitish Kumar will be the chief minister for a full five-year term if the NDA wins the elections.

He said, "I challenge Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Union Home Minister Amit Shah to declare that Nitish Kumar will be the chief minister for a full five-year term after the elections (if the NDA comes to power). If they do so, the BJP will find it hard to win seats,"

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The former JD(U) national vice president, who was expelled from the party in 2020 following a spat with Kumar, also claimed that the ruling party was "going to do very badly" (in the polls).

Kishor predicted, "Nitish Kumar may try switching sides after it becomes clear to him that the BJP was not going to back him for another term in office. But the number of seats won by JD(U) would be so dismal that he would not get the top job, no matter which formation he joins,"

Kishor Vows Jan Suraaj Party Will Free Bihar from ‘Political Rut’

Kishor vowed that the Jan Suraaj Party will enter the fray in a bid to pull Bihar "out of the political rut which has been held hostage for decades by Kumar and his arch-rival Lalu Prasad, the RJD president".

Of course, the BJP and the Congress , which had helped the RJD survive in powers for many years, share the blame for Bihar's plight, he alleged.

Criticising the state's much-touted prohibition policy, Kishor said that the ban on liquor in Bihar is yet another example of the BJP's duplicity.

(with PTI inputs)