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To counter the persistent barbs of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)-led National Democratic Alliance against the grand alliance of the Janata Dal (United) [JD(U)], the Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) and the Congress in Bihar, senior JD(U) leader and Rajya Sabha MP K C Tyagi has labelled the coming Bihar Assembly polls as "a fight between Nitish Kumar and no Nitish Kumar". The ruling JD(U) is hoping to cash in on the 'development' tag of the 10-year-long Kumar regime. As in 2014, when the choice for the electorate was between "Modi and no Modi", Tyagi said "the Bihar polls are about a choice between Nitish Kumar and no Nitish Kumar". The Opposition BJP in the state has countered the JD(U)'s development pitch by resurrecting the fear of 'jungle raj', which, it said, thrived when the RJD was in power in the state.