"Who hijacked Lalu Prasad Yadav? Tejashwi Yadav went to meet his father in the ICU after 300 hours... So, has he become defunct? Relieve him from his post, then... Wherever Nitish Kumar looks, politics moves in that direction. This is the belief of the people of Bihar," Kumar told ANI.
Notably, this will be the first Assembly polls Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar will be overseeing following his appointment in February of this year.
Senior leader Pratap Keshari Deb said BJD organisational elections are nearing completion, and the party is set to enter the final phase of its six-stage process.
Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) leader Tejashwi Yadav on Tuesday said that the people of Bihar are ready for change and have resolved to vote out the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) in the upcoming elections.
Ahead of the upcoming Bihar Assembly elections, Chief Minister Nitish Kumar's son, Nishant Kumar, expressed confidence that his father would retain his position after the elections.
According to the election committee, the post of President attracted the highest number of candidates, 48, followed by 42 for General Secretary, 41 for Vice President, and 34 for Joint Secretary.
Rashtriya Lok Janshakti Party (RLJP) chief Pashupati Kumar Paras on Tuesday emphasised the need to strengthen the INDIA bloc to defeat the NDA alliance, ahead of upcoming assembly elections in Bihar.
Following the Rashtriya Janata Dal-Congress meeting in the national capital, former Congress leader Acharya Pramod Krishnam claimed on Tuesday that Lok Sabha Leader of Opposition Rahul Gandhi and RJD leader Tejashwi Yadav want to turn Bihar into Bengal.
"There is no challenge. Even if the entire UPA, the entire INDI alliance fights, Nitish Kumar will remain the Chief Minister of Bihar," Samrat Chaudhary told reporters in Patna.
The meeting was attended by Congress' Rahul Gandhi, party's General Secretary (Organisation) K C Venugopal and others. On the RJD side, MP Manoj Jha, MP Sanjay Yadav and other leaders were present.
Rashtriya Janata Dal leader Tejashwi Yadav arrived at the Delhi airport early on Tuesday for an official meeting with Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge to discuss seat-sharing and poll strategy for Bihar ahead of the upcoming Assembly elections.
Congress MLA and party spokesperson Kuldeep Singh Rathore, who has been appointed as observer for Gujarat by the Congress, said on Monday that the party will start 'Sangathan Srijan Abhiyan' in the state.