Bihar CM Nitish Kumar attacked the Lalu Prasad era government, claiming that before 2005 the state was in a bad condition

As Bihar gears up for polls, all major parties, including the RJD and the NDA, have intensified their preparations.

PATNA: Addressing the speculation over his possible switchover again Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Sunday said that he would remain in the NDA. "I will stay with the NDA," he told the media during his Pragati Yatra in Muzaffarpur.

Political temperature in Bihar has once again heated up amid Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) supremo Lalu Yadav extending an offer to chief minister Nitish Kumar for realigning with his party even as the Janata Dal-United (JD-U) strongman on Thursday downplayed the offer while leader of the opposition Tejashwi Prasad Yadav too reiterated there was no chance of a tie-up.

While speaking to reporters in the north Bihar district of Muzaffarpur, as part of a state-wide Pragati Yatra, Nitish Kumar quashed all rumours of joining hands with his former ally RJD in Bihar.

Rajya Sabha MP and chief of RLM, Upendra Kushwaha downplayed RJD chief, Lalu Yadav’s ‘doors open for Nitish Kumar’ remarks, and claimed that “he is getting old,” and he ‘might have said something, but there is nothing important about it’.

Days after Rashtriya Janata Dal chief Lalu Prasad said INDIA bloc is ready to welcome him in its fold, Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Sunday (January 5, 2025) said he made a mistake twice going with the RJD and will not repeat it.