The JDU will again return to its old agenda of social justice and secularism to overcome the shock of the assembly elections. On Sunday, the party's national council had a general opinion that the party had to suffer a loss due to the dominance of core issues of BJP in the coalition. The party has decided to revive the backward Muslims in the future and set its own stand from the BJP's Hinduist agenda.
In Arunachal Pradesh, the meeting was reviewed after the JDU MLAs switched sides to the BJP, especially in the assembly elections. There was a general opinion in the meeting that the party could not present a different stand on the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA), National Population Register (NPR), and National Citizenship Register (NRC). Due to this, a section of Muslims living with JDU went with the opposition Grand Alliance and AIMIM this time.
Confrontation on Hinduist agenda fixed
Following the JDU's stand, pulls from the BJP on the Hinduist agenda are certain. JDU has made a strategy to raise its voice against the anti-conversion law. In Sunday's meeting, party general secretary KC Tyagi called it a law to spread hate in society. Significantly, many leaders of the state BJP, including Union Minister Giriraj Singh, are demanding that such a law be made in Bihar. Whereas JDU wants to give a positive message to Muslims by adopting a tough stand on this issue.
That's why Nitish is keeping pressure
After making Nitish the chief minister despite having fewer seats, the BJP now wants more share in the cabinet on a proportionate basis, but Nitish does not want that. Nitish wants equal participation as before. Since the BJP wants to give a political message of itself becoming the elder brother in the alliance, but the party does not want to compromise in this matter. In such a situation, Nitish is pressuring the BJP to run the government under his leadership.
Why is JDU worried
The reason for JDU's concern is the party's performance in the assembly elections. Nitish feels that the BJP will become its Chief Minister in the state as soon as favorable conditions come in the future. Nitish is working on a new strategy to counter this BJP strategy. Significantly, in the last four elections, the vote of JDU is continuously decreasing. In 2005, 25 percent of the votes were received in 2010, about 23 percent in 2010, 17 percent in 2015, and about 15 percent in this election.
At the request of constituents, Nitish accepted becoming CM: Modi
BJP leader Sushil Kumar Modi has justified Nitish Kumar's claim that he did not want to become Chief Minister. Sushil Modi says that Nitish accepted becoming the chief minister at the request of JDU, BJP, and VIP leaders of NDA constituents.
Talking to reporters, he said that Nitish Kumar did not want to become Chief Minister. Modi said, BJP and JDU leaders urged him to contest in his name and people voted for him. Then he agreed to become the Chief Minister.
He said that JDU leaders have already said that what happened in Arunachal Pradesh will not affect the coalition and government in Bihar. Our alliance in Bihar is unbreakable. The government will complete a five-year term under Nitish Kumar's leadership.