Who will lead Bihar if the NDA returns to power? With Assembly elections round the corner, comments from top Union ministers have reignited the debate over Chief Minister Nitish Kumar’s political future.

BJP leaders Amit Shah and Nitin Gadkari, along with Nitish Kumar’s confidant Rajiv Ranjan alias Lalan Singh, said in separate media interactions that the issue of chief ministership would be decided by the NDA legislature party after the elections.

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During an interview with a private TV channel, Union Home Minister Amit Shah was asked whether Nitish Kumar would be made CM if the NDA wins in Bihar. He replied, “Who am I to decide who becomes Chief Minister? It’s a coalition of many parties. After the elections, when we sit together, the leaders of all the parties will decide

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