BJP eyes Maharashtra-type Operation in Bihar
The success of BJP leadership in staging a coup in the NCP may have brought cheers on the faces of leaders in states like Bihar, UP and elsewhere. Many leaders of the NDA have started making claims that the fall of the JD (U)-RJD-Congress government is imminent.
However, reports emanating from Bihar indicate that the Maharashtra-type coup is not possible in the Nitish-led government. Reasons are many; the foremost being that the BJP has just 78 MLAs at present in the House of 243 along with HAM's 4 MLAs while Nitish-led ruling alliance is enjoying the support of 160 plus MLAs.
Secondly; Nitish Kumar is ruling the state and is a smart cookie, say political analysts. Third; the Speaker of the Assembly belongs to the RJD and without the support of the Speaker no such effort may succeed in any state.
The BJP is desperate to garner support in Bihar to turn the tables in Bihar. But the party doesn't have a master craftsman like the one, Devendra Fadnavis in Maharashtra. The BJP leaders concede that most of their senior leaders wanting to dislodge Nitish Kumar are at loggerheads themselves. There are seven Chief Ministerial aspirants in the BJP. Now these leaders see a silver-lining after the coup in Maharashtra yesterday.
Senior BJP leader Sushil Modi has gone on record to claim
that “if the party (JD-U) breaks up there is no chance of Nitish Kumar being able to make a comeback to the NDA fold.” Chirag Paswan, senior LJP leader predicted doom for Nitish Kumar sooner than expected. Union minister Ramdas Athawale also made a big claim on Monday saying that the Maharashtra-like situation could erupt in Bihar and Uttar Pradesh.
