Nitish played a 'trick' by not becoming the convener?
bihar chief minister nitish kumar often takes surprising decisions. On saturday (January 13), a virtual meeting of india Alliance was held and the proposal of the convenor was rejected by bihar chief minister Nitish Kumar. Whatever may be the reason, many meanings are emerging from it. If this happens then it could be a matter of tension for the india alliance. read big things. Leaders of all the parties present in the meeting including Sitaram Yechury put forward a proposal in the name of Nitish Kumar. At the same time, rahul gandhi said that mamata banerjee does not agree on the name of Nitish Kumar. She does not want nitish kumar to become the coordinator. After this nitish kumar refused to become the coordinator.
nitish kumar laid the foundation of india Alliance and went to all the states to convince the political parties. The first meeting was held in Patna. So far 28 parties have joined the india alliance. However, in the virtual meeting held on saturday, when nitish kumar was to become the convener, almost half of the parties including mamata banerjee remained absent from the meeting.
Leaders and workers of Nitish Kumar's party want to see him as the Prime Ministerial candidate. His supporters want nitish kumar to be made the Prime Ministerial candidate. nitish kumar has been denying this every time but party leaders have said many times that he is PM material. On the other hand, it is also believed that if nitish kumar had become the convenor, then he would have had to data-face problems regarding seat sharing. Because the job of the coordinator is to bring together all the parties with consensus whereas JDU is on a different path regarding lok sabha seats in Bihar.
Nitish Kumar's party is claiming 17 seats in bihar while CPI(ML) has demanded 5 seats. cpi is demanding three seats. congress has also demanded 9 to 10 seats. JDU says that the decision has to be taken by RJD.
Now, if nitish kumar had become the convener, he would have had to compromise on his seating on 16 seats and he might have had to give his seating to the Left parties along with Congress. In such a situation, JDU could have suffered huge losses. If nitish kumar contested elections on less seats only by becoming a convenor, then he could not put pressure on the india Alliance. nitish kumar knows that the Prime Minister's candidature in the india alliance will be decided only after the results. In such a situation, it is important to win as many seats as possible. In such a situation, he does not want to lose the seats by taking the post of coordinator.
Although it is not that easy. A CPI(ML) leader has said that JDU is demanding 17 seats but this is not the 2019 election, it is the 2024 election. He had won 43 seats in the 2020 assembly elections. According to that, they should get maximum 6 to 7 seats