nitish kumar bjp split

The BJP may have remained shell-shocked for some time after Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar broke off their long-standing alliance in June this year, but the saffron party now calls the JD(U) leader's decision a blessing in disguise. In an interview to MAIL TODAY in Patna on Saturday, senior party leader Sushil Kumar Modi said the BJP was never in favour of snapping alliance with the JD(U) in the larger interest of Bihar but Nitish's decision to walk out of the NDA would definitely help the party reap electoral benefits under Narendra Modi's leadership.

"People are looking up to the BJP as an alternative to the JD(U) in Bihar now," he said. "The Congress and the RJD are no longer the political forces to reckon with in the state." He said the break-up has also galvanised the party cadres into action. "A large section of party workers was feeling suffocated in the coalition. They are feeling liberated now."

On Modi's elevation as the party's PM candidate, he said there was an all-pervasive feeling in all sections of society that the Gujarat Chief Minister should be given a chance in the Lok Sabha elections. "He has emerged as a ray of hope, especially among the youth of this country," he said.

"The BJP will emerge as the largest party in Bihar in the Lok Sabha polls and our performance will automatically help us in the 2015 assembly elections," he added.

Sushil, who was deputy chief minister in the Nitish government before he was sacked unceremoniously on June 16, said there was a strong anti-incumbency wave against Nitish. "People who wanted stability in Bihar are angry with Nitish because of his decision to break alliance. They are now rooting for Narendra Modi. Many people who have not been traditional supporters of BJP over the years want to see Modi in the Prime Minister's chair."

The 61-year-old leader even compared Modi with BJP veteran and former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee. "Modi's image is akin to Atal Bihari Vajpayee in terms of popularity. Scores of people who were not supporters of BJP wanted to see Atalji as the Prime Minister in the past. Similar is the case with Modi nowadays."

He said Nitish had severed ties with the BJP on the pretext of secular leadership but in reality he did not want it to grow stronger. "Nitish had apprehensions that BJP would gain in strength under Modi's leadership.

He wanted a weaker BJP within the alliance so that he could dictate terms." But Nitish's move, he claimed, had boomeranged given the groundswell of support for Modi in Bihar. Sushil said it was likely that Nitish would align with the Congress but he was going to gain less and lose more from the alliance because of the strong anti-incumbency factor. On the recent conviction of Lalu in the fodder scam case, the BJP leader said it would be too early to write off the RJD. "It all depends on how long he stays behind bars. If he comes out on bail soon, it might not make much difference," he said. "But his party might disintegrate if he remains in jail for a long period."

He also said the ruling JD (U) had been trying to poach RJD MLAs for some time but it had not succeeded.

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Hi Everyone !!! Winston Churchill once said "when ever we leave India, It would be ruled by the goons" and looking at present condition of the country and deeds of the political class. The statement is proved true even after 67 years after gaining independence. When an officer halts illegal activity then the ruling class dismisses the officer and dictates to ruling party that if they say anything against the decision then the support of their MP's in Parliament would be taken back. Every person in power rules their people rather then administering efficiently for their upliftment. PreIndependence era was 100 times better wrto law and order, implementation of laws and another merit about British era was that we were much better placed in transport sector in pre independence era, train journey from Ambala cantt to Amritsar took 4 hrs then and it still takes 4 hrs in superfast class of trains....isn't it shameful. In India a major portion of the votes which are given is often purchased by the candidates(who have deep pockets filled with money which they gulped in their last term). Majority of the people put votes by keeping their castes in mind and making as goon win elections(from their own cast), rather then choosing a candidate with clean image. Some percentage of Indian voters are really really foolish(according to me) as we can clearly see around 30 percent of criminals representing people, These criminals would never ever be convicted because as they say "supremacy of parliament should be maintained" and they are above the law. This bloody notion that Parliament is above all other institutions(even the constitution) is helping in shielding the criminals/corrupt people who have reached there by hook/crook and muscle power. The whole bloody system is corrupt, people are sleeping, Political class is doing nothing for country as various initiatives which were good for country like "Hum do hamare do" for controlling population is no more advertised and is informally taken back by the government with the sole reason being that if population is controlled and people start studying till the level when they can understand things good for country then they would root out the present political class, So why hit your own feet with axe. When Politicians follow approach of "Divide and Rule" over people rather then unite them together for the country, Looks like the political class have put country up for sale, everything can be purchased here votes, goons, riots, disharmony, and we are thaught that britishers played "Divide and Rule". I still think that if Britain didn't go bankrupt after second world war then they would have administered us for a longer duration and we would have been technologically ahead by atleast ten years as of now. I still firmly believe this country needs a revolution against corrupt political class, so that we can maintain the rich history we possesed, rather then saying britishers took it all away, whereas actually it's the political class which is taking it all away from the country and selling the country to foreign hands. I somwtimes wonder about why in USA the party which wins the election and forms government is termed as 'Administration' whereas in India we are 'ruled' by the politicians which we elect. God save this country because if some offcial wants to do right he/she is transferred/suspended (for example Ashok Khemka and Durga nagpal), there would be many others which the media class is not paid for to highlight. GOD SAVE THIS COUNTRY from going to the gallows!! JAI HIND!!

nitish kumar bjp split