Nitish Kumar could emerge 'strong candidate' for PM: Tejashwi Yadav

NEW DELHI: Bihar chief minister Nitish Kumar could emerge as a "strong candidate" for prime minister in 2024 if opposition parties agreed to consider him for the job, RJD leader Tejashwi Yadav said on Sunday.
Kumar, who recently swapped alliance partners by dumping the BJP and returning - for a second time - to the RJD-led Mahagathbandhan in Bihar, enjoys "immense goodwill" on the ground, Yadav told PTI in an interview.
The coming to power of the Mahagathbandhan, which now comprises the JD(U), RJD, Congress and several small parties, "augurs well for opposition unity", said Yadav who has made a comeback as deputy CM. "It signals that most of the opposition parties recognise the larger challenge before the country - the hegemony of BJP...," the RJD leader said.