Key Points
Janata Dal (United) president Nitish Kumar on 28 January resigned as Bihar chief minister after severing ties with the Mahagathbandhan to break away from the ruling government..
Nitish Kumar who left no stone unturned in uniting the opposition to take on PM Modi in the Lok Sabha polls has jumped ship once again back to the BJP-led NDA in less than 18 months..
He later fought the 2014 Lok Sabha polls alone wherein he bagged only two seats as compared to 18 in the 2009 polls. 2015 assembly elections with RJD: In the 2015 assembly elections, he fought the elections in alliance with the RJD wherein the mahagathbandhan won with majority numbers and Kumar claimed the CMs seat..
Nitish Kumar returned to NDA in 2017: In 2017, he returned to NDA wherein he contested the 2019 national polls and 2020 Bihar elections as part of the BJP-led grouping..
But in 2022, Kumar quit the NDA to form the government again and to form the next government in Bihar with the support of seven parties, including RJD, Left and Congress..
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