Speculations rife on Nitish turning into subsequent Vice-President as Rabri Devi makes controversial touch upon Bihar CM

By PTI

PATNA: Former Bihar Chief Minister Rabri Devi on Thursday indicated that she won’t thoughts Nitish Kumar, her husband Lalu Prasad’s arch rival, vacating his chair for a luxurious task in Delhi.

The RJD chief was replying to questions from journalists who had been attempting to make sense of a reportedly off-the-cuff comment by Kumar which has triggered livid speculations that he might transfer to Delhi as the following Vice President of the nation.

“He should go. Everyone would like him to go away. (jana hi chahiye.Sabhi log chahenge ki chale jaayein”), she mentioned replying to queries in regards to the cryptic comment made by Kumar that he had been a member of each Houses within the state legislature and the Lok Sabha and a time period in Rajya Sabha would full his political journey.

To a pointed question about speculations that Kumar may emerge because the BJP’s selection for the publish of Vice-President after the expiry of Venkaiah Naidu’s time period in a couple of months, the reticent Rabri Devi repied “achcha hi na rahega (will it not be good for him?)”.

Kumar is reported to have made the Rajya Sabha comment throughout a casual chat with some journalists who had requested him about his current tour of areas falling beneath the now abolished Barh Lok Sabha constituency which he had represented many instances.

The journalists had queried, apparently in a jocular vein, whether or not Kumar had plans to contest parliamentary elections once more.

A piece of the media has since been working stories speculating that the JD(U) chief, who has been in energy in Bihar since 2005 and has change into the longest serving Chief Minister of the state, may transfer to Delhi for a prime constitutional publish.

The stories additionally declare that he would possibly conform to a brand new power-sharing formulation within the state the place the BJP, which had received way more seats than the JD(U) within the 2020 meeting polls, might be allowed to have its personal Chief Minister.

Incidentally, Bihar stays the one state in your entire “Hindi belt” the place the BJP has by no means had its personal Chief Minister.

BJP leaders like MLA Vinay Bihari have overtly pitched for “our own CM” whereas taking care so as to add that the ultimate choice rests with the nationwide management.

Upon returning to energy for his fourth consecutive time period in workplace, Kumar had claimed that he had, following the JD(U)’s comparatively poor efficiency in polls, expressed the need to step down and make method for the BJP however relented solely after the alliance accomplice insisted that he proceed occupying the highest publish.

Nonetheless, the state’s hyperactive hearsay invoice is busy popping out with names of BJP leaders who may make it within the occasion of Kumar’s departure.

The “front-runners” embrace Nityanand Rai, the Minister of State for Home identified to be trusted by each Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Home Minister Amit Shah , whose elevation brings the promise of breaching the sway of the RJD, the principle opposition social gathering, over the sizeable Yadav group.

Meanwhile, all eyes are fastened on the subsequent transfer by Kumar, a deft participant of the sport of politics, who had cryptically informed an election rally in 2020 that it was his “aakhiri chunav”, solely to reiterate later “I will continue to work for the people of Bihar for as long as they wish”.