Calling on the Governor at Raj Bhavan, Nitish told him, "We have decided to sever ties with the Mahagathbandhan in the state"
BJP leaders arriving at the party office said that discussion will be held to chalk out the strategy for the upcoming Lok Sabha elections
Notably, the Bhartiya Janata Party will also hold a meeting with its MLAs and MPs in Patna at 9 am today to chalk out the strategy over the latest political situation in the state
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Thakur also said that the INDI alliance was meant to be scattered as the Congress failed to do justice to its allies
Prior to putting in his papers, Kumar, the JD(U) president, will hold a customary meeting of the legislature party.
He also exuded confidence that the Congress MLAs would not switch and stay united, asserting that "no one will be able to take even a twig away from the Congress"
Kumar never hankered after a position in the alliance but a section of the Congress leadership repeatedly insulted him, Tyagi said
BJP National President JP Nadda was also present at the meeting at Shah's residence today
The Union Minister also said that BJP has no role in the current political development between RJD and JD(U)
This comes amid speculation that Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar may rejoin the National Democratic Alliance (NDA)
Senior BJP leader and former Bihar deputy chief minister Sushil Kumar Modi on Friday said "politics is about probabilities"
Amid the turmoil in Bihar's ruling 'Mahagathbandhan', the opposition BJP has called a meeting of its MPs and MLAs on Saturday apparently to discuss the upcoming Lok Sabha polls
The Bihar government on Friday transferred 22 IAS, 79 IPS and 45 Bihar Administrative Service (BAS) officers
The BJP leaders on Friday dropped major hints about Kumar's reported discussions with the party's senior leaders
The trouble was out in the open when Kumar attended the high tea ceremony held at the Raj Bhavan here on the occasion of the Republic Day but his deputy Tejashwi Yadav of the RJD skipped the function
They open and close as per the necessity, he said, when asked about the party's earlier stand that its doors were closed for Kumar forever after he snapped ties with the BJP in August 2022
Earlier in the day, Manjhi had said that the 'grand alliance' government in Bihar would not remain intact
After Nitish Kumar split away from the NDA in 2022, the BJP said that its doors w ere permanently closed to Bihar's longest-serving chief minister
The seat next to that of Kumar was occupied by senior JD(U) leader and minister Ashok Kumar Choudhary who removed the slip said to be bearing the name of Yadav before occupying the chair