'Nitish Kumar set to dump RJD, may take oath as Bihar chief minister again next week with BJP's support'

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NEW DELHI: Janata Dal (United) chief Nitish Kumar is all set to dump the ruling Bihar..

Nitish Kumar will resign and take oath as chief minister again on Monday with the support of BJP, the sources said...

"The foundation of this ruling alliance was laid by Nitish Kumar, Lalu Prasad and Tejashwi Yadav to fight the BJP's politics of hate and fear..

The JD(U) leaders are also angry with the Congress for not projecting Nitish Kumar as the leader of the opposition alliance..

Our leader Nitish Kumar has for long been stressing on the need for early finalisation of seat-sharing deal so that we could concentrate on Lok Sabha polls," he said.. Nitish Kumar was one of the key architects of the anti-BJP alliance formed for the upcoming Lok Sabha elections..

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