Nitish Kumar quits as Bihar CM: Janata Dal United supremo Nitish Kumar has resigned from his post today citing differences with former CM Lalu Yadav led RJD. He said that all the attempts were made to keep the alliance alive, but things went beyond a limit and could no longer be tolerated anymore. He said, that all these events leading up to today forced him to separate himself from the alliance. He added that it was no longer possible to work in this environment. Notably, Nitish said he wanted RJD to explain the corruption charges against Tejashwi. However, he said he had not asked anyone to quit. Speaking separately earlier in the day, Lalu Yadav said that Nitish had not asked his son to resign. Also, Tejashwi addressed the media and said that Nitish had at no time asked him to quit as Bihar Dy CM. But he added that Nitish wanted a Sangh free India. Soon after the decision, Prime Minister Narendra Modi congratulated Nitish for his decision. He said the people of India respects and support the honesty and it was evident, as the social media flooded ith hailing Nitish. Check out how Twitter reacted after the news broke:
#NitishQuits It is a gr8 deed by our CM as he didn’t support curropts…May BJP support him!!
— Aakarshita sinha (@Aakarshitasinha) July 26, 2017
#NitishQuits
Well done CM sahab..
Waiting for this decision..
Its time to shake hand with @BJP4India @narendramodi @NitishKumar— Ayush Vardhan (@ayushvardhan75) July 26, 2017
Nitish kumar sets an example of honesty by resigning from post of CM #NItishQuits
— sidharth priyadarshi (@SidharthPriyad1) July 26, 2017
Well done nitish kumar,take bjp support #NitishQuits
— AP (@alokp15481) July 26, 2017
We welcome this decision by Nitish Kumar: @SushilModi , Bihar BJP chief #NitishQuits
— Kalpesh Rathavi (@KalpeshRathavi) July 26, 2017
When Nitish quits as CM my respect 4 him increased manifold but after Modi’s tweet,it seems be an oppoutunistic move! Lets C! #NitishQuits
— Nishit Agarwal (@The_Nishit) July 26, 2017
No compromise with corruption.
Choose to resign for welfare of people instead of ruling with bad elements of nation.#NitishQuits#Bihar— Pratish kr. shanu (@kr_pratish) July 26, 2017
A big salute @NitishKumar ji in standing by the principle and setting an example. Tamilnadu Ministers?? Will you learn? #NItishQuits
— Rtn Raj Kumarr Velu (@RajKumarrVelu) July 26, 2017
Bravery has face called #NitishKumar
— Gaurav Jain (@grjain) July 26, 2017
Soon after the decision of Nitish Kumar, BJP Parliamentary board meeting was started in Delhi in the presence of PM Narendra Modi and BJP President Amit Shah among others.
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