Kushwaha, RJD or Congress - who will be Prashant Kishor's alliance partner?

The BJP is desperate to retain Kumar and his Janata Dal (United) within the fold of the NDA, and both Narendra Modi and Amit Shah have said Kumar is their chief ministerial candidate.

Election strategist Prashant Kishor held his much-anticipated press conference in Patna on Tuesday. He attacked Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar for aligning with the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and also for not doing enough for the state’s development. Rashtriya Lok Samata Party leader Upendra Kushwaha, an ally of the Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD)-Congress alliance, supported Kishor. Kushwaha said Kishor's strategy would bring to Bihar the transformation it needs. The Congress is keen that Kumar severs his alliance with the BJP before the Bihar Assembly polls to shape an alliance similar to the one in 2015. However, the RJD’s Tejashwi Yadav