This time, all is not well in the house of NDA, admitted one of its Bihar partners, Upendra Kushwaha Tuesday. A lot has to do with what started 30 years ago.

A JD(U) leader close to party supremo and Chief Minister Nitish Kumar tries to convey the sense of the rancour, recounting the latter’s reaction to the share of Chirag Paswan -led Lok Janshakti Party (RV) in the deal struck by the NDA. “The CM went through the list, and when he saw that some seats held by the JD(U) or where it had finished runner-up last time were going to the LJP (RV), he was livid. ‘How can he (Chirag) get Rajgir (SC) and Sonbarsa (SC)? Go and settle this with the BJP ’, the CM shouted,” said the JD(U) leader.

There are many reasons behind Nitish’s distrust of Chirag who, many in the JD(U) believe, was propp

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