BJP performs the Shahnawaz card, a transfer that may scare the residing daylights out of Nitish Kumar

In a step to additional nook Nitish Kumar, BJP has chosen Shahnawaz Hussain, an ardent opponent of the incumbent Chief Minister, because the Member of Legislative Council (MLC) candidate from Bihar. This is the return of Hussain into electoral politics of Bihar after his defeat within the 2014 common election from Bhagalpur constituency. The get together has already introduced Sushil Modi, the coterie of Nitish, to the central management by means of Rajya Sabha. The two previous leaders had a symbiotic relationship the place each fed off one another and ensured that the established order was maintained within the state. Sushil Modi saved sweeping Nitish Kumar’s blunders underneath the rug whereas ‘Sushashan Babu’ made positive that Sushil Modi had the lollipop of Deputy CM all alongside in his palms.Further, the party-appointed two deputy chief ministers – Tarkishore Prasad and Renu Devi- each of whom are identified for his or her anti-Nitish Kumar views- to maintain the Chief Minister in test. In the Seventh Nitish Kumar Ministry, BJP has bought Finance, Information Technology, Urban Development, Health, Road and Industry ministries amongst others. Although many of those ministries had been already with BJP within the earlier administration, Nitish Kumar wielded an excessive amount of affect to permit any ministry to perform independently.One main change is within the Ministry of Industries, which was beforehand held by JD(U) chief Shyam Rajak- who left the get together to affix RJD- is that it’s now underneath Deputy Chief Minister Renu Devi.For years Nitish Kumar tried to nook Shahnawaz Hussain and it was because of his opposition that the latter didn’t get the ticket within the 2019 common elections. Now BJP has introduced again Hussain in Bihar politics to counter Nitish in addition to to point out him, who’s within the driving seat within the authorities. In the previous couple of weeks, Nitish Kumar tried to push BJP by airing views in opposition to the saffron get together. He additionally tried to play on the entrance foot by statements like I don’t need the CM chair. Previously, RLSP chief Upendra Kushwaha met Nitish Kumar and the speculations had been abuzz ever since then that Kumar is trying to discover his crutches in Kushwaha.Read More: ‘Stay in Bihar and don’t meddle in our issues,’ BJP provides a troublesome message to Nitish’s JDU with its Arunachal coup “There is a possibility of new political equations in Bihar after both the leaders met on Thursday. We have no regimen with NDA. Upendra Kushwaha and CM Nitish Kumar worked together in the past and if the NDA government will work on the line of social justice and welfare of the people of Bihar, we will go with it,” mentioned Bhola Sharma, official spokesperson of RLSP to IANS.However, the saffron get together, as a substitute of giving leeway to Nitish, pushed him additional to the nook by bringing Shahnawaz Hussain in Bihar Legislative Council. Moreover, by means of the induction of Hussain, BJP is making an attempt to focus on Muslim voters of the state, who represent greater than 20 per cent of the state’s inhabitants. Muslims have historically voted for RJD however a small part of the voter base additionally votes for the JD(U), and that is the part which the BJP is making an attempt to focus on. Therefore, with the induction of Shahnawaz Hussain within the legislative council, BJP is capturing many birds with one stone.