Bihar Chief Minister and JD(U) supremo Nitish Kumar will chair his party's National Executive meeting in the national capital on Saturday.
The national executive meeting will be attended by party's all MPs, including union Ministers and JD (U) leaders — Rajiv Ranjan Singh alias Lallan Singh and Ramnath Thakur and senior leaders from Bihar and other states.
Party insiders said during the meeting, various topics including an analysis of the recently concluded Lok Sabha election and strategies for the assembly elections scheduled for 2025 will be discussed. Besides, the party's demand from the Centre for the special category status to Bihar will also be discussed, they said.
On reports that party leader Sanjay Jha can be made JDU national executive president, Vijay Kumar Choudhary said, "...I have also heard about it but we should wait for the final decision..." Neeraj Kumar said, "...We can definitely say that the 2024 election results have made it clear in the country's politics that the politics revolves around Nitish Kumar ji..."
Meanwhile, Prime Minister Narendra Modi had lauded Nitish Kumar's leadership of the state as he met the MPs of JD (U). "Had a great meeting with JD(U) MPs. Our parties have a long history of working together and fighting poor governance, corruption and criminalisation in Bihar. The leadership of Nitish Kumar Ji has taken Bihar on the path of development. We will keep working together for good governance," he said on X.
