PATNA: The longest-serving chief minister of any Hindi-speaking state, Nitish Kumar seems to have acquired an aura of indispensability when it comes to the highest seat of power in Bihar.
A crafty politician, he kept the BJP guessing till the eleventh hour before severing ties with the ally, following “unanimous sentiments” in his JD(U) that it was to be blamed for the party's dwindling fortunes.