Nitish Kumar has switched sides again, with his fifth crossover in around a decade set to mark his ninth as the Bihar chief minister.
It’s not just the timing of Kumar’s switch, which comes months before a reinvigorated NDA alliance contests the Lok Sabha polls against regional parties and whatever remains of the INDIA alliance. Most saw it as a devastating blow to the INDIA alliance, some saw it as a weakening of caste politics while others claimed that this somersault will undermine Kumar’s own party, the JD(U).
