Dhankhar’s resignation a ‘BJP conspiracy’ to ‘shunt’ Nitish: RJD

PATNA: The opposition RJD in Bihar on Tuesday claimed that the resignation of Vice President Jagdeep Dhankhar was a conspiracy hatched by the BJP, aimed at “shunting” Chief Minister Nitish Kumar ahead of the assembly polls.

However, the claim was summarily dismissed by state minister Shravan Kumar, a close aide of the state’s longest-serving CM who has been declared as the “face of the NDA” for the upcoming elections.

“For long, the BJP has been wanting to get rid of Nitish Kumar and have its own chief minister. They have grown desperate ahead of the assembly polls, in which the NDA’s loss is certain,” claimed RJD’s chief whip in the assembly, Akhtarul Islam Shahin.