Days after Nitish Kumar joining the NDA government yet again, Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Saturday said that the INDIA bloc was “long over”. His comments comes on the backdrop of INDIA allies – Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) leaving the bloc, and the National Conference drifiting away.
Speaking to reporters, Nitish said, “I tried my best. I was not even in favour of this name for the alliance as I had something else in mind… The alliance was long over.”
Meanwhile, the newly formed NDA government under Nitish Kumar has ordered a review of all decisions taken by the departments headed by former Deputy Chief Minister Tejashwi Yadav and two RJD ministers Lalit Yadav and Ramanand Yadav in the previous ‘Mahagathbandhan’ government in the state.
In a letter, dated February 16, 2024, issued by the Cabinet Secretariat department, headed by the CM, officials of the Health, Road Construction, Urban Development and Housing and Rural Works departments, both headed by Tejashwi, have been asked to review the decisions taken during the previous grand alliance government in the state.
Besides, the government has asked top officials of Public Health Engineering Department (PHED) and Mines and Geology Department to review the decisions taken by former RJD Ministers– Lalit Yadav and Ramanand Yadav—in the previous government.
After winning the floor test in the state Assembly, Nitish had accused the RJD of being involved in “corrupt practices” and said that the new government would initiate a probe against it.