Nitish Kumar can return to NDA any time, says Ramdas Athawale

Jul 30, 2023 8:54 PM, 9 news, 4 views

New Delhi: Union minister Ramdas Athawale on Sunday said that Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar, who snapped ties with the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in August last year, can return to the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) at any time. Speaking to the news agency PTI, Athawale, the Republican Party of India (A) president, said Kumar was part of the NDA earlier and despite the BJP getting more seats in the 2020 Bihar Assembly elections, he was made the chief minister.

"Nitish Kumar can come back to us anytime," Ramdas Athawale, whose RPI (A) is part of the ruling NDA, said.

Nitish snapped ties with the saffron party and walked out of the NDA in August 2022. He later formed a new government with the support of the 'Mahagathbandhan' (Grand Alliance).

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