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Bihar don't want Nitish back as CM, it needs BJP-led govt: Chirag Paswan

In a hard-hitting attack, Paswan said Kumar's long rule has delivered "nothing" and Bihar will get an actual "double-engine" government

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Lok Janshakti Party president Chirag Paswan holds a meeting with party leaders.

5 min read Last Updated : Oct 05 2020 | 9:10 PM IST

Anti-incumbency against Chief Minister Nitish Kumar's 15-year-old rule in Bihar is stronger that what Lalu Prasad Yadav-led RJD regime faced in 2005, LJP president Chirag Paswan said on Monday, asserting that he walked out of the ruling alliance in the state so as not to have any "guilt" of playing a role in continuation of the current dispensation.

He also said people of Bihar have decided they do not want to see Kumar to return as chief minister and alleged that the JD(U) leader's sole focus was continuing at the helm, rather than working for the state's welfare.

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Topics : Chirag Paswan Bihar Elections Nitish Kumar Bihar government

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