New Delhi, March 5 CPI(ML) Liberation General Secretary Dipankar Bhattacharya accused Nitish Kumar of betraying the mandate given by the people on Wednesday, as the Bihar chief minister announced that he is moving to the Rajya Sabha as an MP.
Kumar, the chief of JD(U), announced on Thursday that he will be contesting the Rajya Sabha elections, bringing an end to his tenure as the longest-serving chief minister of Bihar.
This move comes months after he led the NDA to a landslide victory in the assembly elections held in November last year.
"This is not about whatever plan the NDA may have been devising or the transition that the BJP desires in Bihar. It is an outright betrayal of the mandate that the NDA sought and obtained in the name of Nitish Kumar," Bhattacharya said in a post on X.
"This is taking the people of Bihar for granted and playing political games," he said.
Kumar has been the chief minister of Bihar for a record 10 terms since 2005. As he steps down, a BJP leader is expected to take over the top post.
The JDU supremo said that the new government that will be formed in the state will have his full cooperation and guidance.
