Nitish Kumar could be king or kingmaker in 2024.

Nitish Kumar could be king or kingmaker in 2024.

Patna June 4: With it almost clear that BJP is not going to cross the majority figure mark of 272 and the way Janata Dal (United) is emerging as a single largest party in Bihar with 13 seats, Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar is turning out to be in the role of kingmaker or king in this election.

According to the trends received during the counting of votes, NDA candidates are leading in 31 out of 40 Lok Sabha seats in Bihar. Janata Dal (United) candidates are leading in 12 seats. LJPRV has taken a decisive lead in all its 5 seats. BJP is leading in only 12 seats, RJD on 4, Congress on 3, CPI-ML on 2 and HAMS won the one seat of Gaya. Jitan Ram Manjhi is the candidate of Gaya. Pappu Yadav is leading on the Purnea seat with a margin of 365 votes.

After this decision, whispers have started that Nitish Kumar’s stature has increased again. At the same time, Chirag Paswan is also moving towards victory on 100 percent of seats.

The performance of JD(U) is a surprising element for the majority of the experts. A few days before the Lok Sabha elections, Nitish Kumar left the Grand Alliance and joined the NDA. Then, the political analysts believed that Nitish Kumar would suffer losses due to that decision but, from the results received so far, it seems that Nitish Kumar has made a comeback once again. Earlier, while being in the Grand Alliance, his party had lost in the assembly by-elections.

During the seat sharing, BJP had given one seat less to Nitish Kumar. Whereas in the 2019 Lok Sabha election, JDU and BJP contested 17-17 seats each. This time from the NDA camp, BJP is contesting on 17 seats, JDU on 16, LJP (R) on 5 and Upendra Kushwaha’s party RLM and Jitan Ram Manjhi’s party Hindustani Awam Morcha are contesting on one seat each.

As the counting of votes for the 2024 Lok Sabha elections is progressing, political stir is intensifying across the country. After the counting of votes, it has become clear that this time the contest is very close. Meanwhile, big news is coming from sources that leaders close to Sonia Gandhi are in touch with the CM Nitish Kumar. According to sources, NCP (Sharad Pawar) President Sharad Pawar has also contacted Nitish Kumar.

After this success of JDU, speculations of new equations have also started. It is believed that the role of Nitish Kumar can be very important in the kind of fight that is seen in the 2024 Lok Sabha election.

Nitish Kumar had an important role in the formation of the INDIA bloc. Bihar CM Nitish Kumar was the first to launch the campaign for opposition unity and mobilized opposition parties across the country against the BJP. However, later he changed his stand and went with the NDA. In such a situation, the discussion has started intensifying that CM Nitish Kumar can play a new game.

At present, the way the trends are coming, it seems that NDA will return to power but it has also become almost clear that this time BJP will not be able to get the majority alone. In that case, it will be important to see how strongly BJP’s allies stand with BJP.

EOM.