"We are not just five legislators, over 50 JD-U legislators are in touch with us because they are unhappy with the functioning of the party and the way Nitish Kumar is running the government and the party," said Poonam, JD-U legislator from the Digha assembly constituency.
Without naming the BJP, Poonam, who was once considered close to Nitish Kumar, surprised everybody by saying the legislators will extend support to the formation of a new government if Manjhi government fell.
It was for the first time that five JD-U legislators -- Poonam, Gayanu Singh, Ravinder Rai, Madan Shahni and Raju Singh -- expressed their resentment over state cabinet expansion and targeted Nitish Kumar directly.
