"INDIA Bloc Hasn't Done Anything For Country": Nitish Kumar At NDA Meet
Nitish Kumar on Friday completed the formality of endorsing Narendra Modi for Prime Minister - for a third term - at a meeting of the BJP-led National Democratic Alliance's newly-elected MPs. Nitish Kumar The Bihar Chief Minister - who underlined his 'paltu Kumar' sobriquet in January when he pivoted from the INDIA opposition bloc he helped create to the BJP's side - also took a jibe at his former allies, stating the group "has not done any work for the country". The JDU boss also declared "I will be with PM at all times" - a response to critics expecting a sixth political U-turn in a decade. Nitish Kumar's claim of support for Mr Modi was also an answer to speculation the INDIA bloc - which defied exit polls to slash the BJP's advantage and win 232 seats - had reached out to him. The JDU leader emerged as one of two kingmakers after the 2024 Lok Sabha election - 12 MPs from his JDU and the 16 from Chandrababu Naidu's TDP - will be essen...