‘Nitish wouldn’t have gone to BJP’: Digvijaya’s CWC claim draws sharp Kharge rebuttal
Congress leader Digvijaya Singh suggested that Nitish Kumar's defection to the BJP could have been avoided if the INDIA bloc had accommodated his leadership aspirations. Party president Mallikarjun Kharge refuted this, stating that Kumar had explicitly expressed his inability to leave Bihar politics.
Why it matters
This highlights internal friction and strategic disagreements within the Indian opposition coalition regarding their handling of key regional allies.
NEW DELHI: Congress veteran Digvijaya Singh Tuesday told CWC that the political landscape would have been different if Nitish Kumar had been accommodated in 2023, referring to the JDU chief's then aspiration of becoming the convener of opposition INDIA bloc for Lok Sabha polls.Intending to stress that Congress should try to spread the opposition umbrella as BJP and RSS are on a weak footing,…
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