New Delhi/IBNS: Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar Wednesday met Prime Minister Narendra Modi in Delhi. This was the first meeting following the JD(U) supremos switch over to the BJP-led National Democratic Alliance (NDA) last month ditching the INDIA alliance.
Following his meeting with PM Modi, Kumar met Home Minister Amit Shah and BJP president JP Nadda.
According to reports, Kumar has discussed a host of governance and political issues related to Bihar.
Speaking to reporters briefly, Kumar said that he would not leave NDA even though he had left the association twice in the past.
Never now. We will remain here (in the NDA), he said.
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The meetings came five days ahead of the trust vote that Nitish Kumar will face in the Bihar Assembly on Feb 12.
Kumar had taken an oath with eight ministers, three each from the BJP and the JD(U), and an expansion of the council of ministers was on the cards.
He had hoped to be chosen as the leader of the opposition alliance. However, the allies opted for Congress chief Mallikarjun Kharge for the role after Mamata Banerjee and Arvind Kejriwal proposed his name.
The JD(U) leader was also unhappy with the Congress for assuming a big brother role in the alliance and causing delays in the discussions about seat-sharing.
In the Bihar Assembly of 243, the RJD has 79 MLAs; followed by the BJPs 78; the JD(U)s 45 the Congresss 19, the CPI (M-L)s 12, two each of the CPI(M) and CPI, the Hindustani Awam Morcha (Secular)s four seats, and the AIMIMs one, plus one Independent legislator.
