Rashtriya Lok Janta Dal (RLJD) leader Upendra Kushwaha on Friday met Janata Dal-United (JDU) leader Nitish Kumar to congratulate him on becoming the Bihar Chief Minister again.
Interestingly, Upendra Kushwaha had left the JDU following a long tussle with Nitish Kumar. The disgruntled leader then announced his resignation from the JDU and launched his outfit, Rashtriya Lok Janata Dal in 2023. The RLJD was later formally inducted into the BJP-led NDA.
Announcing the same on X, he wrote, "Met Shri Nitish Kumar and gave him hearty congratulations and best wishes on assuming the responsibility of Chief Minister again in the NDA government of Bihar."
Earlier, Nitish Kumar had joined hands with the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) to become the Chief Minister of Bihar for the ninth time. BJP's Samrat Choudhary and Vijay Kumar Sinha took oath as Deputy Chief Ministers of Bihar.
Eight ministers took oath
Besides Nitish Kumar and the two Deputy Chief Ministers, BJP's Prem Kumar, JDU leaders Shravan Kumar, Vijendra Yadav, and Vijay Kumar Chaudhary, Hindustani Awam Morcha (HAM) leader Santosh Kumar Suman, and Independent MLA Sumit Kumar Singh were sworn in as ministers.
Upendra Kushwaha's RLSP
Kushwaha was with Nitish Kumar earlier also. He left the party and formed the Rashtriya Lok Samata Party (RLSP). In the 2014 Lok Sabha polls, Kushwaha contested three seats in Bihar in an alliance with the BJP-led NDA. The RLSP won all seats and Kushwaha became the minister in the Narendra Modi Cabinet.
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