Nitish Will Come Back With A 60% Majority

हिन्दी: देश के उप राष्ट्रपति मोहम्मद हामिद अंसारी पटना में पूर्व मुख्यमंत्री सत्येन्द्र नारायण सिन्हा(छोटे साहब) की 94वीं जयंती पर आयोजित व्याख्यानमाला श्रंखला पर पूर्व सांसद किशोरी सिन्हा और मुख्यमंत्री नीतीश कुमार के साथ (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

Nitish Kumar's resignation has surprised me. But I think the intention is to seek a fresh mandate. And I think he will come back with a 60% majority in the assembly. I am not prepared to write off the best performing Chief Minister in India.

At some point Modi and the BJP will lose steam, if not in five years then in ten, then it will not be the Congress but people like Nitish, Mamata, Jayalalita, and Patnaik who will lay claim to the throne in Delhi.

I see Nitish as a PM in waiting. You have to remember Nitish started opposing Laloo when Laloo was at his peak.

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English: Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee attends a news conference in the eastern Indian city of Kolkata September 7, 2008. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

It has been seen in American politics that when one party holds the White House, the other party ends up with most of the governorships. People are fair overall.

I think Modi just took over for 10 years. That does not mean his opponent parties and politicians have hit a dead end. Ask Jayalalita, Mamata and Patnaik. They are feeling pretty good right now.

The Congress and others have that option. They can hope to do well at the state level before they regain power at the center, which is a very hypothetical scenario by now. Modi was not known to make policy mistakes in Gujrat. I think he will be equally thorough at the center.

I think that puts Nitish in a curious position in Bihar. He has much to prove.

But right now it is looking like the BJP has a strong claim to the state government in Uttar Pradesh. And it is an open secret they would also like to run Bihar. But I am not counting out Nitish just yet.

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