Who will be the next CM of Bihar?

In the 2015 Assembly elections, the RJD had emerged as the single largest party winning 80 seats, the JD(U) 71 and the BJP 53. The Congress bagged 27 seats in the 243-seat Bihar Assembly.

Patna (Bihar): As Bihar's Assembly Elections is around the corner, who will be CM candidate of the grand alliance is still a mystery.

Be it an alliance of RJD-Congress or of BJP-JDU, the question still continues.

Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) declared Tejashwi Yadav as CM candidate of the grand alliance whereas the other alliances are not ready to accept him as CM candidate.

As reported, former CM and president of Hindustani Awam Morcha (HAM) party Jitan Ram Manjhi also wants to be the CM Candidate.

Virendra Rathore, Bihar Congress co-in charge said that there was no discussion regarding the CM candidature in the grand alliance meeting held in Patna.

He said, "BJP leader and Deputy Chief Minister Sushil Modi also wants to become the Chief Minister in Bihar."

Rathore further added that it's on Sonia Gandhi or Rahul Gandhi to decide who will be the CM candidate of the Grand Alliance in the Bihar Assembly Election 2020.

In the Mahagathbandhan meeting held in Patna, parties like Rashtriya Lok Samta Party (RSLP), Vikassheel Insan Party (VIP) involved in the grand alliance made no remarks on whether Tejashwi will be considered as the CM candidate or not.

While the main contest is set to be between the BJP-JD(U) and RJD-Congress-led Grand Alliance or Mahagathbandhan, smaller regional parties are also looking to grab voters’ attention in the state where assembly elections are due next year.

In the 2015 Assembly elections, the RJD had emerged as the single largest party winning 80 seats, the JD(U) 71 and the BJP 53.

The Congress bagged 27 seats in the 243-seat Bihar Assembly.

However, Nitish who was then part of the Mahagathbandhan formed the government with RJD. Later he opted out of the alliance in 2017 to join hands with the BJP within 24 hours of resigning from the CM’s post.