Senior state BJP leader and party’s Rajya Sabha member Sushil Kumar Modi recently hailed the announcement made by Union Home Minister Amit Shah about plans to implement Uniform Civil Code in BJP-ruled states. Days after this, BJP MLAs in the state too expressed the need to implement it in their state.
However, the JD(U) leaders questioned the “need of it in the state where people have been living peacefully”. This is yet another instance of the deepening chasm between the ruling allies in the state. Earlier, the leaders of the ruling alliance have crossed swords on the question of caste-based census, special status for Bihar, National Register of Citizens (NRC) and Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA).
The recent buzz in the state’s political circles has been that Chief minister Nitish Kumar might be replaced with a BJP leader in the state in lieu of which the CM would be offered a respectful alternative position at the Center. “The ambitious plan of BJP, may be, is to contest the next parliamentary and assembly poll in 2024 and 2025 respectively under a BJP Chief Minister,” said political analyst Ajay Kumar.
