Bihar election 2020 results: Nitish Kumar likely to stay CM candidate

As the alliance heads for victory, the cry within the BJP to dump Nitin is expected to get louder.

The personal chemistry between Nitish Kumar, Narendra Modi and Amit Shah is expected to keep the relationship between the Bharatiya Janata Party and the Janata Dal (United) on an even keel, even as the power asymmetry between the alliance partners deepens after Bihar assembly election results.  Although the JD(U) and its allies contested 123 seats, their strike-rate is not expected to cross 50 per cent. The BJP and its allies contested 122 seats and could win up to 75 per cent of those seats.

This is prompting those in the BJP, who are critics of Nitish’s style of governance, to demand