Amitabh Srivastava 

Nitish Kumar removed Principal Health Secretary, Udai Singh Kumawat after the IAS officer failed to increase the testing rate as instructed by the CM.

Immediately after the Covid crisis surfaced in India, Nitish Kumar made focused efforts to ensure that no one, especially the poor and the most vulnerable, suffered distress.

Nitish Kumar has demonstrated resolve and decision making that reflected in slowing down the spread and the impact of the Covid-19 in Bihar.

Having won the 2010 and 2015 assembly polls on the strength of his government’s impressive performance and delivery, Nitish believes that 2020 polls would be no different.

Nitish Kumar has put his best foot forward by establishing his government’s preparedness, ability and credential to take Bihar out of Covid crisis.

Bihar has launched measures to create livelihoods for migrant workers who’ve returned.

Top government officials admit that with Nitish Kumar at the helm, the state government’s response system has always performed several notches above the standardised levels during all previous disasters.

On the surface, it might seem that the vote share of BJP has increased over a period of time. A closer look at the statistics however, reveals a completely different picture.

As the grand alliance is expected to aggressively entice backward communities, the Congress needs to wean away forward caste voters from the BJP.

It reminds us of a similar deal in 2005, which could not materialise at the end.

For more than a year, political experts looked for signals of a much-mellowed Nitish Kumar.

The CBI took up the investigations a month ago and is yet to question Brajesh Thakur, one of those who ran the NGO.

BJP has three bugbears in Jharkhand — Maoists, Pathalgadi protesters and church.

One common denominator for electoral success in Bihar has always been chief minister Nitish Kumar.

The Bihar Assembly seat was held by the ruling JD(U) which is why the poll outcome is of huge symbolic value.

Attending a marriage in the family of a political rival was a warm gesture.

A major chunk of the credit rests with Sushil Modi.

The leader who swore by the Nitish Kumar's governance model in the past is acting more like his father, Lalu Yadav.

To add to CM's advantage is the fact that the RJD is in no position to call off the Grand Alliance and will have to stay with JD(U).

Political sources in Patna see Bihar CM's decision to back BJP's choice as an expression of his growing despair.

Bihar CM's second visit to the state within a month has crucial political significance.

BJP sees a silver lining in the fact that the Bihar CM has distanced himself from corruption charges against Lalu Yadav.

The saffron party must introspect how it picked and promoted Lal Babu Prasad.

The party has chosen Nityanand Rai and Manoj Tiwari to head two states, but it needs to do more.