Monday, 23 December 2024
Monday, 23 December 2024
JD(U) chief Nitish Kumar speaks with the media after submitting his resignation as Bihar chief minister to Governor Rajendra Arlekar, outside Raj Bhavan, in Patna. Kumar said, "I have submitted my resignation to the Governor. The government that was in place now comes to an end. I have let it go".
Bihar Governor Rajendra Arlekar receives JD(U) chief Nitish Kumar's resignation as the state chief minister, at Raj Bhavan, in Patna. Nitish Kumar resigned after a meeting of the JD(U) legislature party, which authorised him to take any decision about the alliance.
JD(U) chief Nitish Kumar with BJP National General Secretary Vinod Tawde, Bihar BJP President Samrat Choudhary, BJP leader Vijay Kumar Sinha and others meets Bihar Governor Rajendra Arlekar to stake claim to form the government in the state, at Raj Bhavan. According to the Raj Bhavan, Kumar has been asked to continue as caretaker Chief Minister till the formation of a new government.
Nitish Kumar with RJD chief Lalu Prasad Yadav and former state's CM Rabri Devi, in Patna on January 15, 2024. Kumar had joined the Mahagathbandhan in August 2022, when he had snapped ties with the BJP accusing it of trying to 'split' his JD(U). Kumar formed a new government with a multi-party coalition that included RJD, Congress and three Left parties.
Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar with JD (U) spokesperson KC Tyagi after the party's national council meeting, in New Delhi, on December 29, 2023. Tyagi on January 27, 2024 made it all but clear that the grand alliance government in Bihar is on the verge of collapse and accused a section of the Congress leadership of repeatedly 'insulting' Chief Minister Nitish Kumar.
Nitish Kumar with his then deputy chief minister Tejashwi Yadav, in Patna on September 18, 2023. At the state BJP headquarters, the party's in-charge Vinod Tawde said, a proposal was moved to support the JD(U) and form an NDA government which was unanimously accepted by all MLAs.
