Ghar wapsi for Nitish Kumar

JD(U) dumps Lalu, gets BJP support to form govt in Bihar

The ‘Grand Alliance’ in Bihar ended on Wednesday when Chief Minister Nitish Kumar first dumped the Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) and then, by late evening, looked set to lead a government with the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) as the alliance partner of the Janata Dal (United) that he leads.

Within minutes of Kumar giving his resignation to Governor Keshri Nath Tripathi — who holds the additional charge of Bihar and had flown in from Kolkata on Wednesday morning — Prime Minister Narendra Modi tweeted to congratulate him for “joining the battle against corruption”.

Soon, several other BJP leaders, including Union