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Tejashwi Yadav Says BJP Has Hijacked JD(U), Claiming Party No Longer Under Nitish Kumar
✍️ Amar Ujala · Bihar
🗓 05 Oct 2026, 05:11 PM
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Former Bihar Deputy CM Tejashwi Yadav alleged that the BJP has taken control of the JD(U), asserting the party no longer remains under Nitish Kumar’s leadership.
Former Bihar Deputy Chief Minister and RJD leader Tejashwi Yadav publicly asserted that the Janata Dal (United) has been effectively hijacked by the Bharatiya Janata Party. He made the remarks during a press interaction, emphasizing that the party’s direction now diverges from Nitish Kumar’s leadership.
Yadav pointed out that a small group of JD(U) members appear to be aligning themselves with the BJP, describing this as a “sixty‑knot” tie that is reshaping the party’s internal dynamics. According to him, this shift undermines the traditional alliance between JD(U) and the Nitish Kumar administration.
The comments come amid heightened political maneuvering in Bihar ahead of the next state elections, where coalition configurations are being closely watched. No immediate response has been recorded from either the JD(U) or the BJP regarding Yadav’s allegations.
Analysts note that such statements reflect the fragile nature of Bihar’s coalition politics, where party loyalties and alignments can rapidly change in response to electoral calculations.
Yadav pointed out that a small group of JD(U) members appear to be aligning themselves with the BJP, describing this as a “sixty‑knot” tie that is reshaping the party’s internal dynamics. According to him, this shift undermines the traditional alliance between JD(U) and the Nitish Kumar administration.
The comments come amid heightened political maneuvering in Bihar ahead of the next state elections, where coalition configurations are being closely watched. No immediate response has been recorded from either the JD(U) or the BJP regarding Yadav’s allegations.
Analysts note that such statements reflect the fragile nature of Bihar’s coalition politics, where party loyalties and alignments can rapidly change in response to electoral calculations.